Am,  Jour.  PnarnO 
February,  1895.  J 
Editcria  I— Reviews. 
105 
EDITORIAL. 
F.  A.  Fl^UCKIGFR. 
The  pharmaceutical  profession,  in  both  continents,  has  met  with  an  irrepara- 
ble loss  in  the  death  of  Professor  Fliickiger. 
Such  a  thoroughly  disciplined  and  well- stored  mind  is  rarely  found  in  any 
individual,  and  when,  as  in  his  case,  that  rich  treasury  of  facts  was  about  to  be 
recorded  for  the  enlightenment  of  all  mankind,  the  loss  is  especially  to  be 
deplored. 
We  have  been  fortunate  in  securing  a  sketch  of  his  life  for  the  Journal, 
from  the  pen  of  his  friend  Dr.  Hoffmann,  yet  we  cannot  refrain  from  here  call- 
ing attention  to  the  peculiar  style  of  Fliickiger's  writing,  as  illustrated  in  the 
Pharmacographia.  A  master  of  several  languages,  with  the  facts  stored  where 
he  could  use  them,  and  with  a  clear  and  concise  style,  he  was  able  to  write  so 
as  to  impress  the  dullest  reader  with  a  force  that  was  fascinating.  It  is  fittingly 
said  by  Dr.  Hoffmann  that  some  of  his  writings  "  may  well  be  ranked  among 
the  few  classic  productions  of  modern  pharmaceutical  literature." 
THE  CULTIVATION  OF  UCORICF,  ROOT. 
This  is  a  subject  which  has  often  been  talked  and  written  about,  but  the 
industry  has  never  taken  that  practical  turn  which  is  necessary  in  all  such 
enterprises. 
We  give  on  another  page  an  account  of  the  whole  subject  as  seen  and  under- 
stood by  a  practical  man,  who  has  for  some  years  made  this  subject  a  special 
study. 
With  the  immense  tracts  of  undeveloped  land  in  the  United  States  at  our 
disposal,  there  is  no  apparent  reason  why  the  whole  amount  of  licorice  root  used 
in  this  country  should  not  be  grown  here. 
We  hope  to  be  able  to  give  further  information  concerning  the  progress  of 
this  industry  at  an  early  date,  as  we  understand  steps  have  been  taken  towards 
its  development. 
NEW  YORK  COIvLFGF  OF  PHARMACY. 
A  magnificent  new  building  has  been  erected  by  the  New  York  College  of 
Pharmacy,  and  was  occupied  at  the  first  of  the  present  term.  The  formal 
opening,  with  appropriate  exercises,  took  place  Friday  evening,  December  28, 
1894-  ■ 
REVIEWS  AND  BIBLIOGRAPHICAL  NOTICES. 
Laboratory  Kxfrcises  in  Botany.  By  Edson  S.  Bastin,  A.M.,  Professor 
of  Materia  Medica  and  Botany,  and  Director  of  the  Microscopical  Laboratory  in 
the  Philadelphia  College  of  Pharmacy.  Philadelphia  :  W.  B.  Saunders,  1895. 
Pp.  540- 
This  work  is  divided  into  two  nearly  equal  parts  :  Part  I,  Organography  ;  and 
Part  II,  Vegetable  Histology. 
The  first  exercise,  under  Part  I,  takes  up  roots,  and  the  student  is  told  how 
to  practically  examine  a  specimen  of  dandelion  root.  A  full-page  plate  illus- 
tration accompanies  the  text.  The  external  characteristics  are  first  considered, 
and  then  the  internal  structure.    Drawings  are  directed  to  be  made  of  the  root 
