Am.  Jour.  Pharm.  ) 
May  I,  1871.  j 
Editorial. 
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These  were  samples  of  amygdaloid  assafoatida  which  a  year  ago  was  rejected 
by  the  purchaser  as  adulterated,  he  claiming  that  good  assafcetida  should  be 
entirely  free  from  sulphate  of  lime.  The  impurities  in  the  above  instance  con- 
sist of  gypsum  and  vegetable  fragments,  as  always  met  with  in  the  resinous 
matter  agglutinating  the  tears. 
Clemmons  Parrish,  Registrar. 
Salutatory. — The  newly  elected  editor  of  this  Journal  commences  his  edit- 
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under  the  able  and  fearless  management  of  its  retiring  editor,  ha?  been  carried 
into  the  foremost  ranks  of  pharmaceutical  periodicals,  and  also  towards  its 
numerous  readers,  who  have  a  right  to  expect  that  it  shall  maintain  the  high 
position  in  which  it  has  been  placed  through  years  of  patient  labor.  To  accom- 
plish this  we  shall  spare  no  pains,  but  shall  use  our  best  endeavors  in  advancing^ 
what  we  conceive  to  be  the  true  interests  of  our  profession,  and  in  this  light 
we  desire  our  editorial  acts  to  be  viewed,  trustiiig  that  the  sense  of  duty  towards 
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nection with  this  Journal  during  the  past  yeq,rs.  as  one  of  its  contributors,  we 
are  not  a  stranger  to  its  readers,  and  in  our  new  relation  to  it  as  editor  we  feel 
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those  who  have  heretofore  so  liberally  contributed  to  its  pages,  and  also  through 
communications  from  many  of  our  younger  friends,  we  may  be  enabled  to  make 
each  and  every  number  of  the  Journal  full  of  interest  and  of  lasting  value  to 
the  profession. 
Class  in  Botany. — The  botanical  excursions  of  the  students  and  graduates 
of  the  Philadelphia  College  of  Pharmacy  have  been  resumed,  and  will  be  con- 
tinued, during  the  Spring  and  Summer,  every  Wednesday  afternoon  Fairmount 
Park  now  encloses  grounds  which  some  years  ago  were  frequently  visited  by 
botanists,  and  several  other  botanical  localities  v^'ill  in  a  few  years  be  taken  up 
for  the  same  purpose.  The  Park  Commissioners,  however,  are  disposed  to 
extend  all  proper  facilities  for  the  prosecution  of  scientific  research  within  the 
Park,  and  upon  application  the  following  permit  was  issued,  the  reception  of 
which  is  hereby  acknowledged  : 
Permission  is  hereby  granted  to  Professor  John  M.  Maisch  for  researches  in 
Botanical  Science  upon  the  Park  grounds.  It  is  a  condition  of  this  Permit  that 
no  injury  shall  be  done  to  the  shrubbery  and  other  ornaments  of  the  Park,  and 
that  no  greater  quantity  of  specimens  shall  be  taken  than  are  fairly  required 
for  scientific-purposes,  and  must  be  put  into  suitable  receptacles  for  their  pre- 
servation. 
(Signed)  Jno.  C.  Cresson,  Chief  Engineer. 
Louis  JVl.  Chasteau,  Capt.  Guard. 
