240  Abstract  of  President's  Address.      { A%a^i9^arm' 
active  during  the  past  year  and  has  brought  the  College  prominently 
before  the  public,  causing  numerous  inquiries  to  be  made  of  the  de- 
partments for  information  regarding  the  experiments  they  have  made 
in  the  cultivation  of  medicinal  plants.  It  is  commendable  that  the 
department,  with  an  inadequate  space  furnished  by  only  a  moderate 
roof  garden  and  a  small  green-house,  has  been  able,  through  its  ex- 
periments, to  attract  so  much  attention  as  to  induce  upwards  of  a 
hundred  inquiries  to  be  made  concerning  its  success  in  growing 
medicinal  plants.  In  addition  to  the  inquiries,  it  has  had  a  number  of 
visitors,  including  teachers  accompanied  by  pupils,  from  some  of  the 
higher  educational  schools  of  the  city,  who  showed  much  interest  in 
the  work  being  done  by  your  Department  of  Botany  and  Pharma- 
cognosy. 
It  is  truly  unfortunate  that  the  Philadelphia  College  of  Phar- 
macy is  not  in  a  position  to  furnish  greater  space  in  the  shape  of  an 
adequate  garden  for  use  of  this  department.  It  has  been  hoped  that 
the  Park  Commission  would  deem  it  desirable  to  set  aside,  under 
the  direction  of  your  College,  a  space  of  ground  to  be  used  as  a  botan- 
ical garden  to  instruct  not  only  the  students  of  your  own  College, 
but  those  of  other  advanced  institutions  of  Philadelphia  and,  in  fact, 
of  the  State  of  Pennsylvania,  on  the  value  of  growing  medicinal 
plants. 
Some  institutions  in  other  States  have  large  appropriations  made 
them  to  develop  and  advance  the  study  of  botany  and  pharmacognosy, 
and  we  can  but  regret  that  this  College  has  not  been  placed  in  a  posi- 
tion where  it  could  be  of  still  greater  service  in  assisting  students  to 
study  this  most  interesting  branch  of  science. 
Since  your  last  annual  meeting  the  Clayton  French  Fellowship 
has  been  established  and  a  tablet  has  been  erected  in  the  hall  of  your 
College,  bearing  the  following  inscription : 
1824  1890 
Clayton  French 
FELLOWSHIP 
Established  by  his  daughter 
Mary  I.  Banks 
May  16th,  1914. 
The  Honorary  Roll  Tablet,  which  has  also  been  placed  in  the 
hall  since  your  last  annual  meeting,  contains  three  class  years,  viz., 
1889,  1914,  and  1904,  each  having  contributed  the  required  amount 
