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EDITORIAL. 
Through  Prof.  Bridges,  on  behalf  of  Dr.  Ruschenberger,  specimens  of 
Peruvian  Balsam  from  San  Sonate,  San  Salvador ;  Balsam  Copaiba  do.  do. 
Three  specimens  of  Sago  from  Singapore ;  Gum  Benzoin  from  Siam ; 
Stick  Lac,  from  Siam. 
From  C.  Ellis  &  Co.,  specimens  of  Sem.  Tiglii  and  Bengal  Cardamoms. 
Through  Prof.  W.  Procter,  Jr.,  a  bark  sent  to  Rosengarten  &  Sons,  sup- 
posed to  contain  Quinine  by  sender,  but  being  in  reality  a  species  of 
Croton. 
Specimens  of  Ergot  and  Tinnevelly  Senna,  from  B.  A.  JFahnestock  &  Co. 
A  fine  specimen  of  Patna,  or  Garden  Opium,  from  F.  L.  John. 
Samson  Snake  Root,  A.  J.  Cowles. 
Sassafras  Root  from  Brazil. 
From  E.  Parrish,  a  specimen  of  Banberry  or  English  Rhubarb. 
S.  S.  Garrigues  exhibited  an  interesting  painting  of  the  leaf  and  fruit  of 
the  Brazil  Nut  of  Brazil  (Bertholletia  excelsa,)  illustrating  an  interest- 
ing paper  read  before  the  American  Pharmaceutical  Association,  by  Dr. 
Edward  Donnelly. 
He  also  called  the  attention  of  the  meeting  to  an  interesting  paper  about 
to  be  published  in-  the  Proceedings  of  the  American  Pharmaceutical  Asso- 
ciation, by  Dr.  Battey,  of  Rome,  upon  the  growth  of  the  Arrow  Root. 
Edward  Parrish  exhibited  a  specimen  of  Aloin,  as  prepared  by  T.  &  H. 
Smith,  of  Edinburgh,  giving  some  account  of  its  preparation  and  use.  E. 
Parrish  also  gave  a  very  interesting  account  of  his  late  visit  to  Europe,  detail- 
ing notices  of  the  management  of  the  Drug  business  in  England,  Scotland 
and  France,  including  an  interesting  account  of  the  manufacture  of  English 
Castor  Oil,  as  conducted  in  one  of  the  largest  establishments  in  England. 
After  some  general  conversation  on  the  subject  of  Pharmacy,  the  meeting 
adjourned.  S,  S.  Garrigues. 
€Mtorial  Sep  ailment. 
Meeting  of  the  American  Pharmaceutical  Association. — Those  of  our 
readers  who  feel  an  interest  in  the  movements  of  this  body  will  find  a  de- 
tailed account  of  their  transactions  at  the  late  meeting  at  Washington  in 
the  present  number.  The  meeting  was  the  largest  that  has  yet  convened. 
The  room  in  the  Smithsonian  building  was  most  admirably  suited  to  the 
purposes  of  the  convention,  being  well  lighted,  amply  large,  and  quiet, 
offering  a  great  contrast  in  this  respect  to  the  noisy  location  of  the  Phila- 
delphia meeting.  All  the  pharmaceutical  organizations  were  represented 
excepting  Richmond,  from  whence  neither  delegate  nor  member  came,  from 
whom  might  have  been  learned  the  fate  or  state  of  that  once  promising 
Association.    Convening  so  near  them,  and  at  a  time  when  pharmaceutists 
