Pharmaceutical  Colleges  and  Associations,  {AmjJne%P76arm* 
A.  P.  Brown  exhibited  aromatic  waters  of  cinnamon,  peppermint  and  spearmint, 
and  Edward  C.  Jones  samples  of  cinnamon  water,  made  by  various  processes,  and 
desired  information  as  to  how  many  pharmacists  prepared  the  water  from  Ceylon 
cinnamon,  and  to  what  extent  cassia  was  used.  A.  P.  Brown  having  recently  given 
some  attention  to  this  subject,  thought  but  few  used  Ceylon  cinnamon. 
This  being  the  last  regular  meeting  of  the  session,  and  it  being  the  opinion  of  the 
members  that  it  would  be  profitable  to  still  continue  them,  a  motion  was  adopted  to 
adjourn  to  meet  upon  the  20th  day  of  June. 
William  McIntyre,  Registrar. 
PHARMACEUTICAL  COLLEGES  AND  ASSOCIATIONS. 
Philadelphia  College  of  Pharmacy. — Since  the  close  of  the  examination, 
in  March  last,  the  building  has  been  thoroughly  renovated,  and  a  number  of  per- 
manent and  temporary  improvements  have  been  added,  the  latter  being  more 
particularly  intended  for  the  convenience  of  the  visiting  pharmacists  from  this  and 
foreign  countries,  who  are  expected  to  visit  Philadelphia  during  the  next  four  or  five 
months.  Adjoining  the  laboratory,  a  one-story  brick  building  has  been  erected 
some  months  ago,  with  the  view  of  accommodating  Prof.  Maisch,  and  furnishing 
additional  conveniences  for  his  labors  in  connection  with  the  "Journal"  and  as  Secre- 
tary of  the  American  Pharmaceutical  Association  5  it  is  likewise  used  as  an 
analytical  balance  room.  Amongst  the  alterations  made  in  the  laboratory  may  be 
mentioned  the  removal  of  the  fume-closet  to  an  adjoining  building,  recently  put 
up.  The  old  cabinet  cases  have  been  taken  from  the  meeting  room  to  furnish 
better  accommodations  for  the  private  collections  of  the  professors.  The  cabinet 
of  Materia  Medica  and  Chemistry  has  been  entirely  refitted  by  the  curator,  Pro- 
fessor Remington,  and  now  presents  not  only  a  very  attractive  appearance,  but, 
what  is  of  greater  importance,  it  contains  many  interesting  and  valuable  specimens 
carefully  preserved.  The  general  herbarium  of  the  College,  the  nucleus  of  which 
consists  of  the  valuable  collection  presented,  many  years  ago,  by  the  late  Elias 
Durand,  has  been  classified  and  partly  catalogued  ;  while  the  herbarium  recently 
presented  by  Daniel  B.  Smith  ("  Amer.  Pharm.  Jour.,"  1875,  P-  5I4-)>  has  been 
arranged  in  the  cases  provided  for  it.  The  library  has  been  put  in  thorough  order 
by  the  librarian,  T.  S.  Wiegand,  and  now  offers  ready  convenience  for  consulting 
it.  The  alterations  in  the  lecture  rooms  consist  mainly  of  improvements  in 
the  means  of  ventilation,  and  additional  facilities  for  illustrating  the  lectures. 
Amongst  the  transient  preparations  is  to  be  mentioned  the  erection  of  a  tem- 
porary building,  in  which  the  closets  and  wash-baisins,  desirable  for  the  convenience 
of  visitors,  have  been  placed. 
The  formal  opening  of  the  renovated  building  took  place  on  the  evening  of 
May  23,  when,  in  response  to  the  invitation  of  the  hall  committee,  a  large  number 
of  members,  visiting  pharmacists  and  other  guests,  with  their  ladies,  assembled  in 
the  lower  hall,  which  appeared  like  a  tropical  garden,  from  the  numerous  plants 
