Am.  Jour.  Pharm.  1 
February, 1915.  J 
Book'  Reviews. 
85 
and  by  seed  propagation,  and  an  enumeration  of  some  of  the  pre- 
cautions to  be  observed  in  the  cultivation  of  the  plant.  The  author 
concludes  that  as  a  minor  money  crop  goldenseal  is  well  adapted  for 
small  growers  who  can  meet  the  special  requirements  of  the  plant. 
Ginseng  growers  who  are  already  equipped  for  the  culture  of  exacting 
woodland  plants  may  find  in  goldenseal  an  admirable  side  or  suc- 
cession crop.  Prospective  goldenseal  growers  should  study  the 
methods  adopted  by  those  who  have  been  successful  with  ginseng 
and  plan  their  equipments  accordingly,  as  goldenseal  requires  essen- 
tially the  same  conditions  as  ginseng,  but  may  be  regarded  generally 
as  a  less  difficult  crop  to  grow.  M.  I.  W. 
Report  of  the  Chemist,  United  States  Department  of 
Agriculture,  Bureau  of  Chemistry,  Washington,  D.  C,  October  i, 
1914.  Advance  sheets  from  Annual  Reports  of  the  Department  of 
Agriculture,  19 14. 
A  pamphlet  of  10  printed  pages,  in  which  the  work  of  the  Bureau 
of  Chemistry  for  the  year  ended  June  30,  1913,  is  succinctly  re- 
viewed. Pharmacists  will  be  particularly  interested  to  know  that 
"  As  a  part  of  the  work  of  the  Bureau  of  Chemistry,  seeking  to 
maintain  the  standards  of  the  United  States  Pharmacopoeia  in  medic- 
inal preparations,  a  complete  study  of  certain  simple  household 
remedies  was  made  from  every  pharmacy  in  the  District  of  Columbia. 
Much  carelessness  in  compounding  by  retail  pharmacists  was  dis- 
covered. Except  in  the  District  of  Columbia  and  the  Territories, 
this  type  of  control  devolves  upon  the  State,  and  not  upon  the  Federal 
Government.  It  was  undertaken  by  the  Bureau  in  the  District  of 
Columbia  not  merely  to  protect  the  consumer  within  the  District, 
but  also  for  the  purpose  of  bringing  to  the  attention  of  State  officials 
the  condition  of  simple  preparations  as  often  dispensed  by  the 
pharmacist." 
In  connection  with  the  enforcement  of  the  food  and  drugs  act 
and  various  other  kinds  of  work,  a  number  of  analytical  methods 
have  been  studied,  including  methods  for  the  determination  of  citric 
acid ;  acetanilid  and  antipyrine  in  headache  mixtures ;  nitroglycerin 
in  tablets ;  papain,  pepsin,  and  certain  of  the  heavy  metals  occurring 
in  insecticide  and  fungicide  preparations.  Some  of  this  work  has 
been  done  in  cooperation  with  the  Association  of  Official  Agricultural 
Chemists. 
