Am.  Jour.  Pharni.  | 
December,  1911.  J 
Notes  and  N'ezvs. 
seen  in  the  U.  S.  P.  and  N.  F.  propaganda.  A  paper  was  read  by 
Mr.  J.  W.  England  on  "  The  Detection  of  Gum  Ammoniacum  and 
Gum  Galbanum  in  Asafetida,"  prepared  by  Messrs.  H.  M.  Seckler 
and  M.  Becker  from  the  research  department  of  Smith,  KHne  and 
French  Company.  The  greatly  increased  cost  of  asafetida  under  the 
rulings  of  the  "  Pure  Food  and  Drugs  Law  "  had  led  to  some 
adulteration  by  the  above  mentioned  drugs.  Various  tests  were 
given,  one  of  the  best  being  the  production  of  volatile  oils  by  steam 
distillation  which  would  show  a  ten  per  cent,  adulteration.  Atten- 
tion was  called  to  the  unique  program  issued  by  the  German 
Apothecaries  Society  of  New  York,  at  the  recent  celebration  of 
their  sixtieth  anniversary,  also  to  some  fine  mounted  specimens  of 
flax  presented  by  President  French,  one  of  the  specimens  being  of 
American  origin,  one  of  Canadian,  one  of  Argentine.  The  same 
card  contained  a  specimen  of  the  soy-bean  plant,  in  fruit.  After  a 
vote  of  thanks  to  the  authors  of  the  papers  read,  and  the  referring 
of  them  to  the  publication  committee,  the  meeting  adjourned. 
C.  B.  Lowe. 
NOTES  AND  NEWS. 
President  French  Portrait  Fund. — Mr.  Richard  M.  Shoe- 
maker^ treasurer  of  the  Philadelphia  College  of  Pharmacy,  has 
sent  in  the  following  names  of  additional  contributors  to  the  Presi- 
dent French  Portrait  Fund  (see  this  Journal,  pp.  237,  249  and  258)  : 
Felicano  Paterno,  Santa  Cruz,  Manila. 
James  L  Scheffler,  Pen  Argyl,  Penna. 
J.  C.  Ladakis,  Beirut,  Syria,  Turkey. 
Guadalupe  Morales,  Granda,  Nicaragua. 
J.  LL  McCracken,  Dinuba,  California. 
E.  V.  Howell,  Chapel  Hill,  N.  C. 
Turin  Exhibition  Awards. — Messrs.  Burroughs,  Wellcome 
&  Co.  have  secured  no  less  than  thirteen  awards — eight  grand  prizes, 
two  diplomas  of  honor,  and  three  gold  medals — ^for  their  exhibits 
at  the  Turin  International  Exhibition.  This  probably  constitutes  a 
world's  record  in  awards  received  by  a  single  firm  at  an  exhibition 
open  to  all  nations. 
