Am.  Jour.  Pharm.  ) 
Jan.,  1883.  J 
Reviews,  etc. 
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various  interesting  phases,  and  a  list  is  appended  of  the  most  important 
works  on  the  cinchonse  and  cinchona  barl^s  published  during  the  past  sixty- 
years.  The  artistically  executed  j^lates  contain  illustrations  of  branches 
with  flowers  and  fruit  of  Cinchona  succirubra,  C.  lancifolia,  C.  officinalis 
and  Remijia  pedunculata;  of  branches,  flowers,  fruits  and  seeds  of  C.  Cali- 
saya  var.  Ledgeriana ;  of  fruit  of  Cascarilla  heterocarpa,  and  of  microscop- 
ical sections  of  young  and  old  Calisaya  bark,  of  the  bark  of  Cinchona 
lancifolia  and  of  cujorea  bark. 
We  sincerely  hope  that  the  author  may  be  induced  to  issue  this  interest- 
ing and  important  little  work  also  in  English,  so  that  those  who  are  not 
conversant  with  the  German  idiom  may  consult  its  instructive  pages. 
Flora  Peoriana.  Die  Vegetation  im  Clima  von  Mittel- Illinois.  Von 
Friedrich  Brendel.  Editio  separata  a  "  Termeszetrajzi  Fuezetek,"  vol. 
V.  a  museeo  nationali  hungarico  edito.    Budapest :  1882.   4to,  pp.  107. 
The  author  states  in  the  preface  that  the  contents  of  this  pamj^hlet  are  the 
results  of  long-continued  observations  made  upon  a  small  spot  of  our  globe, 
and  that  they  are  intended  to  be  merely  a  contribution  to  botanical  geog- 
raphy, made  with  the  hope  that  the  botanists  of  other  places  might  collect 
similar  material  in  larger  quantity  and  better  quality,  for  the  purpose  of 
furthering  that  science  according  to  a  uniform  plan.  To  which  we  add  that 
similar  monographs — considering  the  topography,  climatic  and  other  con- 
ditions influencing  the  distribution  of  plants  in  certain  localities — are  still 
wanting  in  most  of  our  States.  The  treatise  before  us  possesses  great  merit, 
due  to  the  evidence  of  careful  and  intelligent  observation  and  of  judicious 
use  of  the  literature  relating  to  the  subjects  under  consideration .  It  deserves 
the  attention  of  botanists  generally  and  of  North  American  botanists  in 
particular,  even  though  they  should  not  agree  with  all  deductions. 
JPharmaceutische  Itundschau  und  Zeitung  fur  die  wisserischaftlichen  und 
gewerblichen  Inter essen  der  Pharmaeie  und  verwandten  Berufs-  und 
Geschdftszweige  in  den  Vereinigfen  Staaten.  Herausgegeben  von  Dr.  Fr. 
Hoflinann,  64  Ann  st.,  New  York.  Price,  $2  per  year.  (Universal  Pos- 
tal Union,  $2.50.) 
Pharmaceutical  Review  and  Gazette  for  the  scientific  and  business  inte- 
rests of  Pharmacy  and  allied  vocations  and  trades  in  the  United  States. 
The  first  number  of  this  new  pharmaceutical  journal  is  before  us  ;  it 
forms  ''a  handsome  quarto  pamphlet  of  28  pages,  and  by  its  contents  gives 
evidence  of  the  labor  and  care  bestowed  upon  it  and  of  its  high  aims  and 
objects.  A  number  of  original  contributions  and  of  ably  written  editorials 
favorably  introduce  the  new  journal,  and  a  careful  selection  and  systematic 
arrangement  of  the  results  of  the  more  valuable  papers,  published  at  home 
and  abroad,  testify  to  its  claim  expressed  in  the  title  of  being  a  pharmaceu- 
tical review  in  fact  as  well  as  in  name.  The  large  number  of  educated 
pharmacists  in  North  America,  thoroughly'familiar  with  the  German  lan- 
guage, will  doubtless  aid  the  enterprise  which,  under  the  guide  of  its 
favorably  known  editor,  will  lend  its  influence  towards  the  sound  and 
thorough  progress  of  pharmacy. 
