544  Philadelphia  College  of  Pharmacy.  {A^uJg°uusrt;  ^%m' 
business.  After  luncheon  a  visit  was  made  to  the  Brandywine 
Cemetery,  when  Dr.  Miller  gave  them  a  talk  on  the  many  remark- 
able trees  and  plants  for  which  the  cemetery  is  noted. 
President  French  read  from  Poulson's  American  Advertiser  of 
date  December  29,  182 1,  a  long  advertisement  inserted  by  the  officers 
of  the  college,  telling  of  existing  evils  in  the  drug  trade  of  that 
time  and  outlining  the  first  steps  taken  towards  the  formation  of 
the  College  of  Apothecaries  (the  early  name  for  the  college)  ;  also 
a  lengthy  advertisement  along  the  same  lines  from  the  National 
Gazette,  three  years  later.  The  reading  was  eagerly  listened  to  by 
the  members. 
Professor  H.  W.  Youngken  presented  two  specimens  of  the 
Colocasia  esculenta,  commonly  called  "  dasheen."  The  plants  had 
been  cultivated  in  the  roof  garden  of  the  college.  The  tubers  are 
used  as  food,  like  the  potato,  in  the  tropics  and  some  of  the 
southern  states. 
Professor  E.  F.  Cook  said  this  was  a  fitting  time  to  speak  words 
of  commendation  for  the  improved  conditions  in  the  American 
Journal  of  Pharmacy.  He  had  heard  many  expressions  of  ap- 
preciation because  of  the  high  character  and  scientific  interest  of  its 
contents. 
Seven  applications  for  active  and  one  for  associate  member- 
ship were  read  and  referred  to  the  Committee  on  Membership. 
The  Committee  on  Membership  presented  a  supplemental  report 
giving  the  increase  in  members  for  the  past  three  years.  Continued 
efforts  would  be  made  to  add  to  the  gratifying  increase  of  the  past 
few  years. 
President  French  made  the  following  appointments : 
Committee  on  Nominations. — Charles  H.  La  Wall, .  Wm.  L. 
Cliffe,  Joseph  W.  England,  Charles  F.  Liebert,  with  E.  F.  Cook^ 
chairman. 
Delegates  to  the  Meeting  of  the  American  Pharmaceutical  As- 
sociation at  New  York,  beginning  August  25. — Charles  H.  La  Wall, 
E.  F.  Cook,  J.  W.  Sturmer,  C.  B.  Lowe,  F.  X.  Moerk,  F.  P.  Stroup, 
John  K.  Thum,  H.  W.  Youngken. 
Delegates  to  the  Conference  of  Pharmaceutical  Faculties. — 
Charles  H.  La  Wall,  F.  P.  Stroup,  J.  W.  Sturmer. 
C.  A.  Weidemann,  M.D., 
Secretary. 
