286 
Reviews,  etc. 
Ana.  Jour.  Pharm. 
June,  1876. 
The  second  part,  entitled  Botanical,  likewise  contains  three  columns,  in  the  first 
of  which  the  botanical  names  and  some  of  their  synonyms  are  given  in  alphabetical 
order;  in  the  second  the  common  English  names,  and  in  the  third  the  part  of  the 
plant  employed  and  its  medicinal  properties.  The  latter  portion  is  given  abbreviated 
and  an  explanatory  table  of  the  abbreviations  used  precedes  the  second  part. 
The  third  part,  headed  Pharmacopceial,  has  in  the  first  column  the  names  as 
officinal  in  the  United  States,  British  or  German  pharmacopoeias,  or  as  still  occasion- 
ally employed.  In  the  second  and  third  columns  are  found  the  corresponding  com- 
mon and  botanical  name.  The  first  column  may  serve  to  some  extent  for  compar- 
ing the  system  of  nomenclature  adopted  by  the  three  pharmacopoeias,  as  for  instance 
Gentiana,  Gentianse  radix  and  Radix  Gentiana;  are  the  names  of  the  U.  S.,  Br.  and 
Ger.  pharmacopoeias  indicating  the  same  drug,  viz.,  the  root  of  Gentiana  lutea. 
An  appendix  contains  an  alphabetical  list  of  the  German  names  of  the  crude 
vegetable  substances  officinal  in  the  German  pharmacopaeia,  a  second  column  giving 
the  Latin  officinal  and  a  third  column  the  botanical  name. 
The  mechanical  part  of  the  work  is  satisfactory.  The  types  are  clear,  and  al- 
though we  have  observed  occasional  misspelling,  we  have  not  observed  any  incor- 
rectness. 
We  have  entered  thus  extensively  into  the  arrangement  and  character  of  the 
work  before  us,  because  we  believe  it  to  be  a  very  valuable  one  for  druggists  as  well 
as  pharmacists,  the  first  part  being  perhaps  the  one  of  greatest  practical  value  in  de- 
termining the  meaning  of  the  numerous  common  names  of  mere  local  use,  of  which 
names  not  less  than  8,000  are  enumerated  in  the  first  column  ;  and  yet  full  and  com- 
plete as  this  list  is,  we  have  incidentally  observed  that  one  reference  has  been  over- 
looked, and  mention  this  here  merely  for  the  purpose  of  referring  to  an  erroneous  state- 
ment published  twenty-one  years  ago  which  has  remained  uncorrected  ever  since.  Hav- 
ing had  occasion  recently  to  refer  to  a  communication  by  H.  G.  and  L.  B  Hotchkiss 
in  the  "Amer.  Jour.  Phar.,"  1855,  p.  222,  the  statement  attracted  our  attention  that 
the  weed  most  commonly  found  in  peppermint  plantations  was  "  by  some  called 
broomweed,  by  others  mare's  tail  (Hippuris  vulgaris.)"  The  plant  mentioned, 
however,  is  rather  rare  in  this  country  and  is  newer  found  in  mint  plantations  be- 
cause it  is  an  aquatic  plant;  mare's  tail  is  merely  one  of  the  numerous  synonyms 
by  which  Erigeron  Canadense  is  known  in  some  localities  (see  "Amer.  Jour.  Phar.," 
1870,  p.  121.) 
Jahresbericht  uber  die  Fortschritte  der  Pharmacognosies  Pharmacie  und  Toxicologie, 
bisher  herausgegeben  von  Dr.  A.  Wiggers  und  Dr.  A.  Husemann,  fortgesetzt 
von  Dr.  G.  Dragendorff,  ord.  Prof,  der  Pharmacie  in  Dorpat.  Neue  Folge ;  9 
Jahrgang,  1874.  Gottingen  :  Vandenhoeck  &  Ruprecht's  Verlag,  1875.  8vo,  pp. 
549- 
Annual  report  on  the  Progress  of  Pharmacognosy,  Pharmacy  and  Toxicology,  for 
1874- 
We  have  seen  this  annual  report  only  recently,  through  the  kindness  of  Mr. 
Wilder,  else  it  should  have  received  an  earlier  notice.  After  the  publication  of  the 
report  for  1873,  tne  venerable  Prof.  Wiggers  declined  its  further  preparation,  owing 
to  his  advanced  age,  and  Prof.  Husemann  found  his  time  so  much  occupied  as  to 
