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NOTES  AND  NEWS. 
The  Science  Laboratory  of  Parke,  Davis  &  Co.,  which  has  been  opened 
during  the  past  year  and  which  is  shown  in  the  accompanying  illustration,  is 
thoroughly  equipped  not  only  for  carrying  on  scientific  work  in  connection 
with  their  products,  but  several  rooms  are  fitted  up  for  doing  original  research 
work  entirely.  The  building  is  160  feet  long,  60  feet  wide,  and  three  stories 
high.  The  foundations  are  laid  in  concrete,  resting  upon  piling  driven  from 
35  to  40  feet  below  water  level.  The  walls  are  of  hard  brick,  faced  with  "pav- 
ing-blocks, the  trimmings  being  of  Bedford  stone.  The  interior  is  supported 
upon  steel  columns,  on  which  rest  heavy  steel  beams,  while  the  floors  are  of 
steel  and  concrete.  Wood  is  used  only  for  doors,  windows  and  certain  fittings. 
The  stairs  are  of  iron,  and  the  hoist  is  enclosed  in  a  brick  shaft  with  fire-proof 
doors.  The  building  is  devoted  to  investigations  connected  with  the  manufac- 
ture of  serums,  vaccines,  toxins  and  organic  products.  In  addition,  their  ana- 
lytical and  experimental  department  has  been  housed  here. 
Public  Park  for  Medicinal  Plants —The  Park  Commissioners  of  San 
Francisco  have  set  aside  some  five  acres  of  ground,  in  Golden  Gate  Park  to  be 
devoted  to  a  Garden  of  Medicinal  Plants,  and  this  is  to  be  under  the  manage- 
ment of  the  California  College  of  Pharmacy  and  the  Park  Superintendent. 
This  is  a  worthy  undertaking  and  it  is  hoped  that  it  will  meet  with  success. 
Samuel  P.  Sadtler,  Professor  of  Chemistry  in  the  Philadelphia  College  of 
Pharmacy,  will  deliver  a  lecture  some  time  early  in  1904  before  the  Society  of 
Arts  at  the  Massachusetts  Institute  of  Technology.  At  the  incorporation  of 
the  Massachusetts  Institute  of  Technology  the  Society  of  Arts  was  created  as  a 
part  of  the  Institute,  coordinate  with  the  School  of  Industrial  Science.  The 
objects  of  the  Society  are  to  awaken  and  maintain  an  active  interest  in  the 
sciences  and  their  practical  application.    Some  of  the  foremost  scientists  have 
