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and  its  interior  accommodations,  which  we  hope  to  do  in  our  next  issue, 
but  mainly  to  call  the  attention  of  the  Pharmaceutists  and  Druggists  of 
Philadelphia  to  the  fact  that  the  Institution  which  has  so  long  and  faith- 
fully represented  them,  has  a  new  and  commodious  Hall,  capable  of  accom- 
modating a  large  number  of  students  in  its  School  of  Pharmacy,  and  of 
affording  an  excellent  and  central  meeting  room  and  accommodations  for 
its  members.  Every  pharmaceutist  who  has  any  ambition  in,  and  for,  his 
profession  should  be  a  member  of  this  institution,  as  well  to  join  hands  in 
the  advancement  of  our  fraternity  as  a  body,  as  to  derive  personal  advan- 
tages from  association  with,  fellow  members.  In  union  there  is  strength, 
in  unity  of  action  a  vast  multiplication  of  force.  What  has  been  a  tedious 
and  laborious  undertaking  for  a  few  individuals  would  become  an  easy 
and  influential  work  for  the  united  body  of  the  Pharmaceutists  of  Phila- 
delphia. The  opportunity  is  now  offered  to  join  in  and  aid  the  College  in 
getting  its  Hall  completed.  The  Building  Committee  need  several  thous- 
ands  of  dollars  to  finish  the  building  and  furnish  it,  and  they  appeal  to 
all  who  are  directly  interested  in  Pharmacy,  as  well  as  to  all  others  who 
may  desire  to  advance  the  efforts  of  a  useful  and  valuable  institution,  to 
contribute  what  they  can  to  the  building  fund  of  the  College  Committee,  of 
which  Dillwyn  Parrish,  1017  Cherry  Street,  is  the  Treasurer.  The  funds 
already  raised  have  been  contributed  by  one-third  of  the  Pharmaceutists 
of  this  city,  the  other  two-thirds  having  as  yet  given  nothing.  We  earn- 
estly hope  that  all  who  are  able  will  give,  whether  it  be  little  or  much, 
and  aid  in  the  completion  and  furnishing  of  the  Hall. 
The  British  Pharmaceutical  Conference. — This  body  met  in  August, 
and  its  proceedings  have  been  published  in  the  September  and  October 
numbers  of  the  Pharmaceutical  Journal,  both  of  which  have  been  re-? 
ceived.  The  address  of  President  Hanbury  appears  to  have  given  universal 
satisfaction.  It  commences  with  a  general  view  of  other  associations  of  like 
character,  and  more  especially  of  that  in  the  United  States,  noticing  the 
proceedings  of  1867.  It  then  reviews  the  developments  that  have  occurred 
in  England  since  the  previous  meeting,  alluding  to  the  labors  of  Guy, 
Waddington,  Stoddart,  Dean  and  Brady,  Attfield,  Harley  and  Umney. 
A  well  deserved  tribute  of  praise  is  given  to  Dr,  Fliickiger,  of  Bern, 
for  his  contributions  to  science,  and  the  remainder  of  the  address  is  de- 
voted to  the  efforts  made  and  now  making  in  the  culture  of  cinchona, 
Colombo,  ipecacuanha  and  jalap.  In  regard  to  the  two  latter,  Mr.  Han- 
bury says,  in  regard  to  their  British  colonial  culture,  "  of  these  the  most 
important  seems  to  me  to  be  ipecacuanha,  plants  of  which  are  now  grow- 
ing at  Calcutta  and  Madras,  as  well  as  in  the  West  India  Islands  of  Trini- 
dad;  but  in  none  of  these  localities  does  the  plant  prosper  vigorously.  In 
fact,  the  experiment  looks  as  little  hopeful  as  the  cinchona  enterprise  did 
when  the  first  bark  trees  were  sent  to  India  by  Dr.  Royle  ;  and  until  we 
get  a  supply  of  good  seed  from  Brazil  I  do  not  anticipate  that  it  will  be 
