Am.  Jour.  Pharm. 
May,  1898. 
Reviews. 
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Until  this  octavo  pamphlet  of  twenty-five  pages  appeared,  the  literature  con- 
cerning Caventou  was  quite  meagre  ;  now,  however,  we  have  a  full  record 
of  this  remarkable  man.  Both  Pelletier  and  Caventou  began  professional  life 
as  pharmacists,  and  were  closely  associated  with  that  calling  during  their  lives. 
Their  combined  discoveries  have  been  of  the  greatest  value  to  mankind,  and 
individually  Caventou  made  a  number  of  the  discoveries  of  great  practical 
and  scientific  interest. 
On  the  Cinnamomums  of  New  South  Waives  ;  with  a  Special  Research 
on  THE  Oil  OE  C.  Oeiveri,  Bail.  By  R.  T.  Baker,  F.L.S.  From  the  Proc. 
of  the  Linnean  Society  of  New  South  Wales,  July  28,  1898. 
Prior  to  the  publication  of  this  paper  there  appears  to  be  no  record  of  the 
occurrence  in  the  colony  of  New  South  Wales  of  any  indigenous  representative 
the  genus  Cinnamomum  ;  now,  there  are  shown  to  be  at  least  two  species,  viz., 
C.  oliveri,  Bail,  and  C.  virens,  sp.  nov.  The  bark  of  the  former  yields  about  1 
per  cent,  of  a  very  fragrant  oil. 
On  the  Saccharine  and  Astringent  Exudations  of  the  Grey  Gum, 
Eucalyptus  Punctata,  D.  C,  and  on  a  Product  Aeeied  to  Aromaden- 
drin.  By  Henry  G.  Smith,  F.C.S.  From  the  Proc.  of  the  Royal  Society  of 
New  South  Wales,  August  4,  1897.  This  publication  will  receive  attention  in 
a  future  number  of  the  Journae. 
Contribution  to  a  Knowledge  of  the  Feora  of  Australia,  No.  I. 
By  R.  T.  Baker,  F.L.S.  From  the  Proc.  of  the  Linnean  Society  of  New  South 
Wales,  June  30,  1897. 
Medicinische  Notizen  aus  Japan.  Von  Prof.  Dr.  O.  Loew.  From  Miln- 
chener  med.  Wochenschrift,  No.  12,  1898. 
This  contains  an  account  of  the  climate  of  Japan,  which  is  shown  not  to  be 
so  delightful  as  represented. 
Sur  Les  Proprieties  Toxiques  du  DipeoTaxis  Brucoides,  D.  C.  Par 
Docteur  Louis  Planchon.    Montpellier,  1898. 
Die  Heiepfeanzen  der  verschiedenen  Voeker  und  Zeeten.  Von  Dr. 
med.  et.  phil.  Georg  Dragendorff.  Lieferungen  1  und  2.  Verlag  Von  Ferdi- 
nand Bnke,  Stuttgart,  1898.  Two  parts,  amounting  to  some  300  pages,  of  this 
work  have  been  received,  but  no  adequate  idea  of  the  whole  can  be  found  until 
nearer  completion;  then  a  complete  review  will  be  published. 
American  Ginseng  ;  its  Commercial  History,  Protection  and  Culti- 
vation. By  George  V.  Nash.  Revised  and  extended  by  Maurice  G.  Kains. 
Bulletin  No.  16,  U.  S.  Department  of  Agriculture,  Division  of  Botany, 
Washington,  D.  C,  1898. 
This  is  a  revised  edition  of  the  Bulletin  on  the  same  subject  published  in  1895. 
Considerable  progress  has  been  made  in  the  cultivation  of  the  root  in  three 
years,  and  the  cultivated  root  has  brought  as  high  as  $6  per  pound,  or  $1  to  $1.50 
higher  than  the  wild  root. 
