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states  that  the  difficulty  may  be  overcome  by  the  addition  of  citric  acid  in  the 
proportion  of  one-quarter  of  a  grain  to  one  ounce  of  syrup. 
Mannas:— *Mr.  D.  Hooper  has  brought  together  some  ,  published  information 
upon  eastern  mannas,  which  he  has  supplemented  with  other  results  obtained 
by  himself.  The  solubility  of  the  different  mannas  appears  to  vary  greatly, 
ranging  from  one  in  one-half  to  one  in  twelve  of  water.  All  of  them  are  said 
to  contain  a  substance  reducing  Fehling's  solution,  and  out  of  eleven  compared 
in  a '  table  ten  are  represented  as  dextro-rotatory.  Incidentally  Mr.  Hooper 
mentions  a  report  that  the  manufacture  of  sugar  from  cotton-seed  cake  is  about 
to  be  instituted,  the  product  being  alleged  to  be  fifteen  times  sweeter  than  that 
from  the  sugar-cane  and  twenty  times  sweeter  than  sugar  from  the  beet. 
Curry  Leaves. — The  last  paper,  by  Dr.  Mootooswamy,  had  for  its  subject  an 
Indian  drug,  consisting  of  the  leaves  of  the  "curry  leaf  tree"  {Murray a 
Kcznigii,  Spreng.).  The  tree,  which  belongs  to  the  Rutaceae,  is  well  known 
in  Southern  India,  and  the  highly  fragrant  leaves  are  used  by  the  natives  for 
seasoning  curries.  The  leaves  are  also  employed  in  native  medicines,  being 
credited  with  aromatic,  stomachic,  stimulant,  astringent  and  tonic  properties. 
Mr.  Prebble  has  obtained  from  them  a  small  quantity  of  essential  oil  resembling 
that  yielded  by  the  leaves  of  &gle  Marmelos,  as  well  as  two  resins  and  a 
glucosidal  bitter  principle  that  he  has  named  "  kcenigin." 
Mr.  Naylor  then  called  attention  to  nine  volumes,  which  had  been  selected 
by  the  executive  of  the  Leeds  Chemists'  Association,  for  purchase  out  of  the 
annual  grant  made  from  the  Bell  and  Hills  Fund  to  the  library  of  the  local 
association  in  the  town  that  the  Conference  happens  to  be  visiting. 
The  Committee  on  Unofficial  Formulary  was  reappointed  ;  and  Cardiff,  the 
metropolis  of  South  Wales,  was  then  selected  as  the  place  for  holding  the  next 
annual  meeting.  v 
.  Mr.  William  Martindale  was  elected  President  of  the  Conference  ;  Messrs. 
Carteighe,  Kinninmont,  Thresh  and  Munday,  Vice-Presidents  ;  Messrs.  Naylor 
and  Ransom,  Hon.  Gen.  Secretaries,  and  Mr.  A.  Coleman,  Hon.  Local  Secre- 
tary. After  votes  of  thanks  the  Conference  adjourned,  and  the  members  took 
a  carriage  drive  to  Roundhay  Park  ;  and  on  Thursday  morning  an  excursion 
was  made  by  rail,  to  Embsay,  from  which  point  Barden  Tower,  Bolton  Abbey 
and  Ilkley  Wells  were  visited. 
AMERICAN  PHARMACEUTICAL  ASSOCIATION. 
The  thirty -eighth  annual  meeting  of  this  Association  convened  in  the  Concert 
and  Ball  Room  of  the  Hygeia  Hotel,  at  Old  Point  Comfort,  Va.,  on  the  afternoon 
of  Monday,  September  8,  when  owing  to  the  death  of  President  Bmlen  Painter, 
the  Fh;st  Vice-President,  Karl  Simmon,  of  St.  Paul,  took  the  chair.  A  brief 
address  of  welcome  was  given  by  Mr.  T.  Roberts  Baker,  of  Richmond,  Va.,  and 
responded  to  by  Mr.  Alexander,  of  St.  Louis,  ,Mq,  Then,  Vice-President  Eck- 
ford,  of  Mississippi,  occupied  the  chair,  and.  the  President  read  his  annual 
address,  in  which  he  alluded  feelingly  to  the  decease  of  Mr.  Painter,  and  to  his 
labors  in  behalf  of  pharmacy  ;  the  action  6f  the  Convention  for  the  revision  of 
the  U.  S.  Pharmacopoeia  was  commented  upon>  and  more  particularly  the 
introduction  of  the  metric  system  and  the  advisability  of  admitting  into  the 
