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Editorial, 
Am.  Jour.  Pharm. 
Dec,  1888. 
flowers,  and  stated  that  the  changes  occurring  in  botanical  specimens  on 
drying  seemed  to  indicate  that  the  blue  colors  of  flowers  were  not  alike.  Mr. 
Beringer  said,  that  some  blue  flowers  faded  readily  on  drying,  while  others 
became  deep  blue.  Professor  Trimble  thought  that  one  reason  why  chemists 
did  so  little  work  on  the  coloring  matters  of  flowers  was  the  extreme  difficulty 
that  attends  the  subject. 
The  meeting  then  adjourned.  T.  S.  Wiegand, 
Registrar. 
EDITORIAL  DEPARTMENT. 
The  next  mpHlng  of  the  American  Pharmaceutical  Association  is  to  be  held 
next  year  in  San  Francisco.  Since  the  adjournment  of  the  last  meeting  a 
number  of  members,  who  were  not  present  at  Detroit,  have  expressed  their 
intention  of  going  to  the  Pacific  coast  next  year,  and  we  think  that,  as  far 
as  numbers  are  concerned,  the  prospects  are  that  as  many  members  will 
undertake  the  journey  of  several  thousand  miles,  as  have  usually  been  in 
attendance  at  the  annual  meetings  from  a  distance  of  five  hundred  miles 
and  over.  An  important  point  will  be  the  decision  upon  the  date,  which 
among  other  things,  has  been  entrusted  to  a  committee  from  whom  the 
following  communication  has  been  received,  which  will  explain  itself.  We 
would  urge  upon  all,  who  intend  to  go  to  the  San  Francisco  meeting  to 
promptly  communicate  with  the  chairman  of  the  committee  in  compliance 
with  his  request,  and  in  furtherance  of  the  object: — 
Dear  Sir. — The  Committee  on  Arrangements  for  the  next  meeting  of  the 
American  Pharmaceutical  Association,  which  will  beheld  in  San  Francisco, 
desire  an  expression  of  opinion  from  the  members  interested  in  the  date  of 
this  meeting  as  to  the  most  suitable  time  for  holding  it. 
Serious  objections  have  been  off'ered  to  June,  the  time  which  at  first 
seemetl  to  be  must  favorable,  mainly  on  account  of  it  being  a  busy  season 
in  most  of  the  large  cities;  some  object  on  account  of  State  association 
meetings.  Our  California  friends  say  they  prefer  June,  but  that  any  time 
will  suit  them  that  will  enable  the  largest  number  of  Eastern  members  to 
visit  them  ;  ihe  earlier  the  date  the  more  pleasant  theseason  to  visit  the  Pacific 
Coast.  September,  the  usual  time  of  meeting,  seems  to  be  the  most  objec- 
tional)le,  and  for  various  reasons,  but  principally  on  account  of  the  opening 
of  the  schools  and  colleges,  which  would  deter  many  of  the  members  from 
going  to  California  at  this  season. 
Froin  present  indications  Monday,  July  15,  appears  to  be  the  most  favor- 
able time. 
If  there  are  any  objections  to  this  date,  members  are  requested  to  imme- 
diately comnmnicate  with  the  undersigned,  and  name  the  date  they  con- 
sider most  favorable. 
It  may  be  here  incidentally  mentioned  that  the  necessary  cost  of  the  trip 
to  San  Francisco  for  those  East  of  the  Mississipi,  and  to  return  home  as  they 
would  from  a  meeting  in  the  East,  will  probably  not  exceed  $150,  and  for 
$200  each  they  can  visit  a  number  of  places  of  interest  contiguous  to  the 
route.  A  little  more  expense  will  be  incurred  if  a  visit  to  the  Yosemite 
Vulley  is  included. 
