EDITORIAL. 
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Thus  he  found  that  in  perfectly  ripe  olives  the  density  had  obtained  its 
minimum,  and  the  oil  its  maximum,  a  result  which  it  was  easy  to  foresee. 
M.  de  Luca  has  found  mannite,  not  only  in  the  olives  themselves,  but  also 
in  the  different  organs  of  the  olive  plant,  and  particularly  in  the  leaves.  This 
saccharine  matter  is  easily  extracted  by  the  employment  of  boiling  alcohol, 
which  deposits  upon  cooling.  It  appears  to  be  connected  with  the  produc- 
tion of  the  fatty  matter. — Ibid,  from  L'  Union  Pharmaceutique. 
(Ebttorial  ^Department. 
Our  Journal. — The  Thirty-fourth  Volume,  the  10th  of  the  Third  Series, 
begins  with  this  number,  and  it  is  the  wish  of  the  Publishing  Committee 
to  continue  the  work  uninterruptedly,  notwithstanding  the  depressed  con- 
dition of  business,  and  the  large  falling  off  of  subscribers  consequent  upon 
our  national  difficulties.  Will  our  friends  who  are  in  arrears  enable  us 
to  do  so  by  giving  their  attention  to  their  dues  ?  We  hope  they  will  cheer- 
fully do  so,  and  save  us  from  the  necessity  of  diminishing  the  size  of  our 
volume. 
The  American  Pharmaceutical  Association. — It  is  time  that  the  mem- 
bers of  the  Association  should  consider  the  subject  of  the  next  meeting,  as 
to  when  and  where.  At  the  present  moment,  thcx  prospect  for  a  full  meet- 
ing is  exceedingly  unfavorable ;  but  will  it  not  be  better  to  have  a  meeting, 
even  though  it  be  small,  rather  than  let  another  year  pass  without  leaving 
a  record  of  our  progress  ?  It  may  be  premature  to  offer  a  decided  opinion 
at  this  time,  in  view  of  the  unsettled  state  of  public  affairs,  but  we  feel 
willing  to  suggest — 1st,  that  it  will  be  impolitic  to  meet  west  of  the  Alle- 
ghanies  ;  and  2d,  that  Philadelphia  will,  under  all  the  circumstances,  be 
the  most  appropriate  place  ;  and  3d,  that  the  time  proposed  for  the  St. 
Louis  meeting  will  be  more  suitable  to  the  convenience  of  those  at  a  dis- 
tance than  later.  Let  the  members  then  look  forward  to  a  meeting  in  1862, 
and  gather  together  observations  and  results  that  will  give  interest  to 
the  occasion,  and  if  they  cannot  come,  let  them  send  their  papers  to  the 
meeting  by  those  who  can  come. 
Military  Pharmaceutists. — Occasionally,  for  many  years  past,  apothe- 
caries have  been  employed  on  some  of  our  naval  vessels  to  facilitate  the 
duties  of  the  surgeon  ;  but  from  the  fact  that  no  rank  attaches  to  the 
