Am.  Jour.  Pharm. 
Feb.,  1886. 
Reviews,  etc. 
109 
Hippocastanum,  Conium,  Lappa,  Cichorium,  Plantago  major,  Yerbascum  and 
Stramonium.  With  the  exception  of  some  details — for  instance  the  stamens  of 
Kalmia  latifolia — the  execution  of  the  plates,  including  the  coloring,  is  good, 
though  some  of  the  drawings,  like  Eupatorium  purpureum,  would  show  to 
better  advantage  if  made  of  larger  size.  The  botanical  descriptions  are  in  the 
main  reliable.  The  chemistry  of  the  plants  is  in  several  instances  incorrectly 
or  vaguely  given ;  thus  xanthoxylin  is  stated  to  be  identical  with  berberine ; 
Drosera  rotundifolia  is  said  to  contain  alizarin;  the  alkaloid  of  burdock  fruit 
is  mentioned  in  connection  with  the  root,  etc. 
Drugs  and  Medicines  of  North  America.    Cincinnati:  J.  IT.  &  C.  G.  Lloyd.  4°. 
This  quarterly  has  now  closed  its  second  year  by  the  publication  of  the 
eighth  number  for  December,  1885,  which  is  almost  wholly  devoted  to  cimici- 
fuga.  In  this  article  we  note  especially  the  investigations  made  by  Prof.  Warder 
with  the  fresh  and  dried  drug,  and  by  Prof.  Coblentz  with  the  precipitated 
resin,  showing  that  a  crystalline  principle  announced  by  Conard,  Beach  and 
Falck  {Am.  Jour.  Phar.,1871,  151;  1876,  151;  1884,459),  cannot  be  obtained  by 
the  processes  published,  and  confirming  the  results  of  F.  H.  Trimble  (Ibid.,  1878, 
468),  according  to  which  the  principle  obtained  is  resin-like  and  amorphous. 
The  natural  order  of  Eanunculacese  will  be  concluded  in  the  next  issue  of 
this  periodial,  which  deserves  to  be  in  the  hands  of  every  pharmacist  and  physi- 
cian on  account  of  the  excellent  critical  investigations  and  the  full  information 
on  North  American  medicinal  and  allied  plants  given  therein.  The  numerous 
wood-cuts  form  a  very  valuable  addition. 
Zum  Hv.ndertjsehrigen  Geburtsiag  des  Grilnders  der  Firma  Fridrich  Jobst.  Stutt- 
gart, 1886. 
To  the  one  hundredth  anniversary  of  the  birthday  of  the  founder  of  the  firm 
of  Fridrich  Jobst, 
This  is  a  handsome  octavo  volume,  giving  the  biography  of  Fr.  Jobst,  who 
was  born  January  2,  1786,  and  died  September  13,  1859.  It  is  published  in  six 
languages,  German,  French,  Italian,  English,  Greek  and  Eussian ;  and  is  em- 
bellished with  a  steel  engraving  of  Mr.  Jobst,  and  phototypes  of  the  establish- 
ments in  Stuttgart  and  Feuerbach.  Very  numerous  and  quite  important  inves- 
tigations have  been  made  in  the  laboratories  of  this  firm  during  the  last  twenty- 
five  years  by  Mr.  Julius  Jobst,  a  member  of  the  firm,  and  by  Dr.  0.  Hesse,  the 
director  of  the  laboratories  in  Feuerbach;  the  titles  of  these  investigations 
which  were  published,  occupy  over  two  pages  of  the  volume. 
Henry  Shaw  School  of  Botany.  Inaugural  Exercises  in  Memorial  Hall,  St.  Louis 
Museum  of  Fine  Arts,  November  6, 1885.    8vo,  pp.  24. 
This  school  was  founded  by  Mr.  Shaw,  who  donated  improved  real  estate, 
yielding  over  S5000  revenue.  The  school  is  attached  to  the  Washington  Uni- 
versity and  has,  for  demonstration  and  investigation,  the  use  of  the  Missouri 
Botanical  Garden  and  Arboretum.  Prof.  Wm.  Trelease,  formerly  of  the  Univer- 
sity of  Wisconsin,  accepted  the  call  for  organizing  and  taking  charge  of  the  new 
school.  The  pamphlet  before  us  contains  his  inaugural  address.  St.  Louis  may 
well  be  congratulated  for  this  new  institution,  secured  through  the  liberality  of 
one  of  her  citizens ;  also  Prof.  Trelease  for  the  enlarged  field  of  scientific  labor 
thus  opened  to  him. 
