Am.  J.  Ph.] 
5 
[Mar.  1879 
■\T/\fTl    »    -jy  k  m"D  The  article  known  as  "  Cascara  Sagrado  "  (distorted  from 
i.1  Vr  JL  J%.  MlbJ&.MXAj  XXI/J-iXi*  the  Spanish,  Cascara  Sagada,  meaning  "sacred  bark"),  is 
acknowledged  to  be  obtained  from  a  common  California  tree,  Rhamnus  Purshz'ana,  We  will  send 
to  each  reader  of  this  journal,  upon  application,  a  copy  of  an  interesting  letter  from  Jas.  G.  Steele 
and  Co.,  of  San  Francisco,  Cal.,  relative  to  its  habits. 
Permit  us  to  introduce  the  following  letter,  voluntarily  sent  to  our  house  by  Prof.  Edw.  S. 
Wayne: 
"Cincinnati,  Feb.  13,  1879. 
"Having  occasion,  some  days  since,  of  examining  the  stock  of  drugs  of  Messrs.  Merrell, 
Thorp  &  Lloyd,  among  the  same  I  met  with  a  large  quantity  of  Rhamnus  Purshiana  (Cascara  Sa- 
grada).  The  article  was  in  every  respect  the  best  specimen  of  the  drug  I  have  met  with.  So  much 
so,  that  I  made  a  request  of  them  to  donate  a  specimen  of  it  to  the  Cincinnati  College  of  Pharmacy» 
which  request  they  kindly  consented  to,  and  the  specimen  is  now  in  the  cabinet  of  the  college." 
E.  S.  Wayne, 
Prof.  Mat.  Med.  and  Bot.,  Cin'ti  Coll.  of  Pharmacy. 
We  supply  druggists  with  this  and  all  other  drugs  and  pharmaceuticals  at  lowest  price.  (Send 
for  our  prices  current  for  March.) 
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