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The  hot  house  and  roof  garden  continues  to  demonstrate  its 
usefulness  in  making  it  possible  to  conduct  numerous  experiments 
with  most  beneficial  results. 
During  the  year  four  active  and  three  associate  members  were 
elected.  Six  active  members  have  died,  viz.,  Clemmons  R.  Parrish, 
Henry  Mueller,  M.D.,  Miss  Florence  Yaple,  Alexander  H.  Jones, 
William  McTntyre,  and  Horace  W.  Estlack. 
Obituary  reports  of  some  of  the  above  have  been  published  in 
the  American  Journal  of  Pharmacy,  and  of  the  others  memoirs 
will  be  presented  at  the  June  meeting. 
Committee  on  Pharmaceutical  Meetings:  Since  the  last  Annual 
Meeting  Pharmaceutical  Meetings  were  held  in  April  and  May. 
At  the  meeting  in  May  a  recorder  was  elected  as  provided  by  the 
by-laws.  There  has  been  a  growing  lack  of  interest  in  these  meet- 
ings by  the  retail  pharmacist  notwithstanding  the  efforts  put  forth 
to  make  attractive  programs.  A  special  meeting  of  the  committee 
was  called  to  consider  the  advisability  of  discontinuing  the  meetings. 
The  committee  decided  to.  suspend  the  meetings  till  the  beginning 
of  -  the  new  year,  as  it  is  -  strongly  believed  that  interest  in  the 
meetings  will  sooner  or  later  be  revived,  but  it  is  very  necessary 
if  this  is  to  be  accomplished  to  have  an  active  recorder  who  can 
attend  to  the  meetings  and  prepare  suitable  programs. 
Publication  Committee :  The  American  Journal  of  Phar- 
macy has  been  published  regularly  during  the  year.  All  bills 
for  the  year  have  been  paid.  The  unusual  balance  is  mainly  due 
to  increased  sale  of  back  numbers,  which  indicates  a  healthy  interest 
in  the  Journal.  An  inventory  was  taken  during  the  year  of  all  of  the 
volumes  of  the  American  Journal  of  Pharmacy  in  stock.  During 
the  past  year  there  has  been  received  by  gifts  from  Adam  Pfromm 
&  Co.  some  50  volumes  of  the  Journal,  the  oldest  being  1848. 
Edito/s  Report:  During  the  past  year  there  has  been  published 
570  pages — exclusive  of  an  11 -page  index — making  an  average  of 
47^2  pages  to  an  issue.  This  matter  included  65  original  and  selected 
papers  covering  a  wide  range  of  subjects  relating  to  pharmacy 
As  the  editor  of  a  pharmaceutical  publication  naturally  the 
articles  which  have  to  do  with  the  manufacture  of  pharmaceutical 
preparations  appeal  to  him  as  being  of  paramount  importance. 
During  the  past  year  we  were  fortunate  in  having  from  our  own 
members  a  number  of  articles  which  reflect  credit  upon  the  College 
and  Journal,  of  these  the  following  articles  may  be  mentioned :  A 
