6o 
Reviezvs,  etc. — Obituary. 
(  Am  Jour.  Pharm. 
I      Jan.,  1879 
Report  of  the  Commissioner  of  Agriculture  for  the  year  1877.  Washington:  Govern- 
ment Printing  office,  1878.     8vo,  pp.  592. 
This  volume  contains  the  report  of  the  Commissioner,  supplemented  by  the 
reports  of  the  chiefs  of  the  various  subdivisions  and  by  a  number  of  papers  on  dif- 
ferent agricultural  subjects,  among  which  the  following  may  be  mentioned  as  being 
of  more  or  less  direct  interest  to  the  pharmacist  and  druggist :  Maize  and  sorghum 
as  sugar  plants;  the  Chinese  tea-plant,  giving  an  account  of  the  cultivation  and  pre- 
paration of  tea  and  of  the  growth  of  the  plant  in  the  United  States,  embellished 
with  11  plates  ;  the  olive,  advocating  the  more  extended  culture  of  the  tree,  and 
furnishing  some  information  from  South  Carolina,  Florida  and  California,  where 
the  olive  is  cultivated  to  some  extent  5  the  orange,  with  accounts  of  its  culture  in 
Alabama,  Florida  and  California,  and  other  interesting  facts  concerning  its  culture 
and  consumption,  and  cranberry  culture  in  Nenv  Jersey. 
OBITUARY. 
T.  Curtis  C.  Hughes,  Ph.G.,  died  in  October,  having  attained  the  age  of  52 
years.  He  learned  the  apothecary  business  with  John  Klett  &  Co.,  of  Philadelphia, 
and  graduated  at  the  Philadelphia  College  of  Pharmacy  in  1847.  Shortly  after- 
wards he  commenced  business  in  Pottsville,  where  he  has  been  located  ever  since. 
The  deceased  enjoyed  a  good  reputation  in  his  county  for  profession2l  attainment 
and  uprightness.  His  thesis  on  "  Uva  ursi"  was  published  in  the  19th  volume  of 
this  journal,  p.  88. 
CATALOGUE 
OF  THE 
Class  of  the  Philadelphia  College  of  Pharmacy, 
For  the  Fifty-eighth  Session,  1878-79. 
WITH  A   LIST   OF  THEIR   PRECEPTORS   AND  LOCALITIES. 
Matriculants. 
Agthe,  John  Fred'k  Oscar, 
Armstrong.  William  Engalls, 
Atkinson,  Edgar  Harrington, 
Ballantine,  Chas.  Hamilton, 
Barrington,  Richard  Calcott, 
Bennett,  Alex.  Elwell, 
Behringer,  Albert  Christian, 
Beringer,  George  Mahlon, 
Boysen,  Edward  George, 
Boysen,  Lewis  Colloredo, 
Brakeley,  Philip  Fine  Howell, 
Brooks,  Mitchell  Baxter, 
Brown,  Channcey  Dewey, 
Campbell.  Samuel,  Jr., 
Carl,  Charles  Blair. 
Cashmann,  Nathaniel  Alex. 
Clark,  Harry  Scott, 
Clark,  Robert  Jr., 
Clymer,  Chas.  Wesley, 
Collier,  Louis  Clay, 
Collins,  Thomas. 
Colton,  George  Haven, 
Courtney,  Samuel  Walter, 
Crichton,  Jas.  Alexander, 
Croasdale,  Jos.  Wifred, 
Crouse,  James  Norton, 
Cowperthwait,  Milton, 
JUNIOR. 
Town  or  County. 
Salem, 
Philadelphia, 
Dover, 
Philadelphia, 
Mt.  Holly, 
Mt.  Holly, 
Philadelphia, 
Philadelphia, 
Buffalo, 
Buffalo, 
Bordentown, 
Philadelphia, 
Cadiz, 
Philadelphia, 
Greencastle, 
Philadelphia, 
Lancaster  county, 
Philadelphia, 
Philadelphia, 
Kenton, 
Springfield, 
Philadelphia, 
Richmond, 
Philadelphia, 
Philadelphia, 
Camden, 
State.  Preceptor. 
N.  C.  Wm.  Simpson. 
Pa.  T.  M.  Perot  &  Co. 
Del.  David  F.  Burton. 
Pa.  E.  Jos.  Davidson. 
N.  J.  Louis  Miller 
N.  J.  Geo.  M.  Snowd^.n. 
Pa.  Russell  &  Newburg. 
Pa.  Bullock  &  Crenshaw. 
N.  Y.  Dr.  O  Boysen. 
N.  Y.  Dr.  O.  Boysen. 
N.  J.  Lancaster  Thomas. 
Pa.  C,  P.  Elfreth. 
O.  W.  J.  Myers. 
Pa.  Samuel  Campbell. 
Pa.  Adam  Carl. 
Pa.  James  T.  Shinn. 
Pa.  Chas.  H.  Clark. 
Pa.  E.  Jos.  Davidson. 
Pa.  Barker,  Moore  &  Mein. 
O.  Luther  B.  Tyson. 
N.  J.  Benj.  Carter. 
Mass.  H.  &  I.  Brewer. 
Pa.  John  R.  Augney. 
Va.  John  Wyeth  &  Bro. 
Pa.  Stackhouse  &  Buckman. 
Pa.  J.  F.  Zoellin. 
N.  J.  George  D.  Borton. 
