Am.  Jour.  Ptaarm.") 
August,  1898.  J 
Reviews. 
421 
Royal  Botanic  Gardens,  Trinidad.  Annual  report  for  the  year  1897,  by 
J.  H.  Hart,  Superintendent.  Trinidad  :  Printed  at  the  Government  Printing 
Office,  Port-of-Spain,  1898. 
The  report  indicates  progress  in  every  line.  A  number  of  plants  meriting 
distinct  specific  rank  have  been  discovered.  Among  others,  a  large  illustration 
of  the  new  African  coffee  {Coffea  stenophylla,  G.  Don)  is  given.  The  trees  in 
Trinidad  are  four  years  old  and  have  fruited  this  year  for  the  first  time.  "It 
gives  promise  of  becoming  an  abundant  bearer,  and  its  product  is  of  a  quality 
to  give  it  a  place  at  once  upon  the  markets  as  a  first-class  coffee  of  the  Mocha 
type  of  bean."  "  In  growth,  in  crop,  in  quality  and  in  facility  for  preparation 
it  promises  to  prove  a  plant  of  the  best  class  for  cultivation  in  the  West 
Indies."  A  curious  lime-attracting  algae  was  determined  at  Kewas  Schizotrix 
fasiculata,  Gomoul.  This  algae  attracts  to  itself  large  quantities  of  lime,  the 
incrustations  of  which  are  freely  apparent  to  the  naked  eye. 
The  experiments  in  the  fermentation  of  saccharine  fluids  have  been  con- 
tinued, and  the  various  stages  of  the  indigenous  or  native  ferments,  or  yeasts, 
have  been  closely  watched.  It  has  been  ascertained  that  the  ferments  which 
occur  naturally  or  spontaneously  in  cane  juice  or  other  saccharine  fluids  are 
quite  distinct  in  Trinidad  from  those  of  the  neighboring  island  of  Jamaica. 
Professor  Jorgensen  reports  that  he  has  separated  several  distinct  species  of 
alcoholic  ferments  from  the  material  from  Trinidad,  an  account  of  which  will 
probably  be  found  in  the  forthcoming  revised  edition  of  his  valuable  work  on 
fermentation.  "  The  importance  of  work  in  this  direction  is  better  understood 
when  it  is  stated  that  it  has  been  found  possible  to  induce  certain  flavors  by 
using  certain  ferments  in  the  '  wash,'  or  material  from  which  rum  is  distilled, 
and  that  the  flavor  of  distilled  liquor  can  in  this  way  be  brought  under  the 
control  of  the  operator." 
King's  American  Eclectic  Dispensatory.  New  edition.  Entirely  re- 
written and  enlarged.  By  Harvey  W.  Felter,  M.D.,  Adjunct  Professor  of 
Chemistry  in  the  Eclectic  Medical  Institute,  Cincinnati,  O.,  and  John  Uri 
Lloyd,  Ph.M..  Professor  of  Chemistry  and  Pharmacy  in  the  Eclectic  Medical 
Institute,  Cincinnati,  O.  Two-volume  edition,  royal  octavo,  each  volume  con- 
taining over  950  pp.,  with  complete  indexes.  Cloth,  $ 4. 50  per  volume,  post- 
paid. Sheep,  $5.00  per  volume,  post-paid.  Advance  subscriptions  received  by 
the  Scudder  Brothers  Co.,  No.  1009  Plum  Street,  Cincinnati,  O.,  General  Agents. 
The  following  catalogues  and  announcements  have  been  received  : 
Catalogue  oe  the  University  ,of  Pennsylvania.  1897-98. 
Albany  College  of  Pharmacy.    Catalogue,  1897-98.  Announcement, 
1898-99. 
Buffalo  CoeeEGE  of  Pharmacy.    Thirteenth  Annual  Announcement, 
1898-99. 
The  Brooklyn  College  of  Pharmacy.  Eighth  Annual  Announcement. 
Session  of  1898-99. 
Northwestern  University  School  of  Pharmacy.  Circular  of  Infor- 
mation for  Session  1898-99. 
University  of  Iowa  (Department  of  Pharmacy).  Announcement  for 
1898-99. 
