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Notes  and  News. 
f  Am.  Jour.  Pharm. 
1    December,  1898. 
to  June  30,  1898,  123,845  pounds.  The  previous  year  the  import  was  1,072,914 
pounds,  a  decrease  in  the  past  year  of  949,069  pounds. 
Paris,  Green. — The  sales  of  this  are  getting  less  every  year. 
Root,  Calamus,  Bleached. — It  is  said  that  the  shrinkage  of  this  root  is  very 
great,  and  prices  are  according  to  amount  of  moisture;  selling  now,  1898,  Sep- 
tember, from  28  to  35  cents. 
Root,  Ipecac. — This  has  reached  the  highest  figure  in  the  memory  of  many 
of  us;  selling  in  1897,  October,  $1.65;  November,  $1.75;  1898,  January,  $2; 
March,  $1.90;  May,  $2.20;  June,  $2.35;  September,  $2.45  to  $2.60. 
Root,  Lady  Slipper. — Another  uncertainty  as  to  price.  Very  little  gathered 
this  year. 
Root,  Mayapple. — Where  this  all  is  gathered  is  too  much  for  your  committee 
to  say;  believed  by  some  to  amount  to  nearly  2,000,000  pounds;  prices  have  not 
been  so  high. 
Root,  Orris. — This  has  again  declined.  Florentine,  from  12  cents  in  1897, 
to  9^  and  10  cents  in  September,  1898,  and  Verona,  from  9  cents  in  1897,  to  7 
and  8  cents  in  September,  1898. 
Root,  Pink. — Only  small  decline;  selling  now,  17  to  20  cents,  as  to" quality. 
Root,  Rhubarb. — This  has  been  regular  at  the  advance  price  of  1897;  Canton, 
30  to  40  cents,  and  Shensi,  50  to  65  cents. 
Root,  Sarsaparilla,  Honduras. — Selling  all  the  year,  28  to  34  cents. 
Root,  Sarsaparilla,  Mexican.— Selling  5^  to  6^  cents. 
Root,  Senega. — Only  the  usual  small  changes. 
Root,  Squill. — Sales  getting  smaller;  either  new  remedies  for  the  babies  or 
no  babies  for  the  squills.    Price,  4  cents,  all  year. 
Saffron,  American . — Very  low  all  the  year;  12  cents  all  the  year;  now,  Sep- 
tember, 1898,  selling  at  11  cents. 
Saffron,  Valencia. — Selling  1897,  September,  $10.50;  declining  1898,  March, 
$9,  and  May,  $10.50  to  $11;  September,  $10  per  pound. 
Sulphur. — The  war  helped  many  of  us  to  make  very  large  profits  on  sulphur, 
being  contraband  of  war,  expected  scarcity;  many  manufacturers  bought  heavy 
and  at  high  figures,  selling  up  to  May  1,  1898,  at  i>2  to  \%  cents,  less  10  per 
cent,  for  quantity;  when  in  one  day  it  advanced  to  6  and  7  cents  net;  May  7th 
dropped  to  3^  and  4  cents;  July,  3  and  31/  cents;  August,  2)4  to  2)4  cents; 
September,  2  to  2^  cents,  by  discount  of  5  to  10  per  cent.,  as  to  quantity. 
LITERATURE. 
Pharmaceutical  Catalogue.    Frederick  Stearns  &  Co.,  Detroit,  Mich. 
This  catalogue  contains  a  marginal  index  with  copious  notes  of  reference, 
and  a  large  amount  of  general  information  pertaining  to  pharmacy  that  makes 
it  of  value  as  a  ready  reference  book.  It  also  contains  doses  and  medical  prop- 
erties of  nearly  all  the  preparations  listed  in  it.  There  is  a  very  exhaustive 
index  of  botanical  and  common  names,  a  number  of  tables  of  useful  informa- 
tion, and  a  scheme  for  urinalysis.  We  understand  that  the  books  are  now 
ready  for  general  distribution,  and  that  the  publishers  will  send  a  copy  to  any 
established  pharmacist  on  receipt  of  request. 
