Am.  Jour.  Pharrn 
Aug.,  1886. 
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Mr.  T.  S.  TViegand  was  directed  to  cast  ballot  for  these  gentlemen,  which  being 
done  affirmatively,  they  were  declared  duly  elected. 
Mr.  W.  J.  Jenks  moved  the  election  of  a  Curator,  in  place  made  vacant  by 
decease  of  Mr.  C.  F.  Zeller,  and  nominated  Mr.  Jos.  W.  England.    Mr.  W.  E. 
'  Krewson  moved  that  an  affirmative  ballot  be  cast  by  Mr.  T.  S.  Wiegand — this 
was  formally  done,  and  Mr.  England  declared  elected. 
A  motion  to  adjourn  being  suggested,  the  same  was  made  and  carried. 
W.  B.  Thompson,  Secretary. 
EDITORIAL  DEPARTMENT. 
Potatoes— We  are  indebted  to  Mr.  W.  B.  Brownscomb,  of  Eichmond,  Victo- 
toria,  Australia,  for  a  communication  on  the  results  of  the  experimental  culture 
of  Solanum  tuberosum,  var.  boreale,  of  which  we  were  enabled  in  the  latter 
part  of  1884,  to  send  a  few  tubers  to  Mr.  Jos.  Bosisto.  Two  tubers  weighing  30 
grains,  were  planted  Feb.  20, 1885,  the  first  crop  in  August  yielding  tubers 
weighing  7  dwt.  On  November  4th  these  were  again  planted,  and  on  March 
10th  last,  they  were  lifted,  the  result  being  18  oz.  The  plants  have  flowered 
and  seeded  profusely,  and  it  is  calculated  that  next  season  the  yield  will  be  4 
to  5  cwt.  The  tubers  received  from  the  second  Australian  crop  are  being 
cared  for  by  Mr.  G.  W.  Kennedy,  of  Pottsville,  while  the  same  variety,  the 
remnants  of  our  unsuccessful  culture,  together  with  the  specimens  of  Solanum 
Maglia,  received  from  Messrs.  Sutton  &  Sons,  Reading,  England,  are  in  the  care 
of  Mr.  J.  H.  Redsecker,  Lebanon,  Pa. 
Deserved  Honor. — At  the  commencement  held  June  30th,  the  regents  of  the 
University  of  Michigan  conferred  the  degree  of  Doctor  of  Philosophy,  honoris 
caum,  upon  Professor  Albert  B.  Prescott,  M.D.,  director  of  the  chemical  labo- 
ratory, and  dean  of  the  school  of  pharmacy  at  Ann  Arbor. 
REVIEWS  AND  BIBLIOGRAPHICAL  NOTICES. 
Gray's  Botanical  Text-book,  Sixth  Edition,  Vol.  IT.  Physiological  Botany.  By 
George  L.  Good  ale,  A.M.,  M.D.,  Profe-sor  of  Botany  in  Harvard  University. 
New  York  and  Chicago:  Ivison,  Blakeman,  Taylor  &  Co.  8vo,  pp.  499. 
Price,  $2.00. 
The  fifth  edition  of  Prof.  Gray's  Structural  and  Systematic  Botany  was  issued 
in  1857.  .  Since  then  many  new  and  important  observations  and  discoveries 
have  been  made  in  botany,  and  when  about  six  years  ago  a  new  edition  was 
announced,  it  was  found  that  the  new  facts  and  the  general  scope  of  the  sci- 
ence, as  developed  by  the  modern  researches,  were  such  as  to  render  a  division 
of  the  former  work  desirable.  The  first  volume  of  the  sixth  edition,  which 
then  made  its  appearance,  was  confined  to  the  morphological  structure  and 
development  of  plant  organs,  and  to  the  general  principles  of  classification 
and  plant  description.  During  the  past  wunter  the  second  volume,  written  by 
Prof.  Goodale,  was  published,  and  is  now  before  us. 
The  volume  is  divided  into  two  parts,  of  which  the  first  one  treats  of  the 
