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NEWS  ITEMS  AND  PERSONAL  NOTES 
A  Grant  for  Research. — The  American  Pharmaceutical  Asso- 
ciation has  available  a  sum  amounting  to  about  $360,  which  will  be 
expended  after  October  1,  192 1,  for  the  encouragement  of  research. 
Investigators  desiring  financial  aid  in  their  work  will  communi- 
cate before  September  1st  with  Prof.  H.  V.  Arny,  Chairman  A.  Ph. 
A.  Research  Committee,  115  West  Sixty-eighth  Street,  New  York, 
giving  their  past  record  and  outlining  the  particular  line  of  work  for 
which  the  grant  is  desired. 
Philadelphia  College  of  Pharmacy  and  Science  Now  Has 
Botanic  Garden. — At  a  meeting  of  the  Philadelphia  College  of 
Pharmacy,  held  on  June  27th,  a  resolution  was  adopted,  by  a  stand- 
ing vote,  to  accept  the  offer  of  the  H.  K.  Mulford  Company  of  the 
use  of  a  tract  of  land  adjoining  the  Mulford  Biological  Labora- 
tories, Glenolden,  as  a  botanical  garden. 
The  site  is  ideal  for  the  purpose,  lying  as  it  does  in  the  Valley 
of  the  Delaware,  the  soil  and  climatic  conditions  being  especially 
favorable  to  the  cultivation  of  medicinal  plants. 
Adjoining  the  original  house  on  the  grounds,  which  is  a  relic  of 
Colonial  times,  is  an  old-fashioned  garden,  which  is  devoted  to  the 
cultivation  of  medicinal  plants.  This  will  be  reserved  for  the  College, 
as  well  as -an  open  tract  of  land  and  a  section  of  woodland  so  that  the 
plants  requiring  partial  shade,  such  as  Aconite,  Golden  Seal,  etc., 
can  be  cultivated. 
In  addition,  the  College  will  have  the  use  of  the  greenhouse, 
implements,  plant  materials,  hot  and  cold  frames  of  the  Mulford 
Company,  who  will  also  undertake  the  rough  work  such  as  the 
ploughing  and  preparation  of  the  soil. 
The  direction  of  the  work  will  be  under  Prof.  H.  W.  Young- 
ken,  who  will  have  the  collaboration  of  Dr.  Githens,  Chief  Botanist 
of  the  H.  K.  Mulford  Company. 
This  department  wrill  be  known  as  the  Botanic  Garden  of  the 
Philadelphia  College  of  Pharmacy  and  Science,  and  will  add  greatly 
to  the  scope  of  that  institution  in  giving  practical  training  on  botany, 
particularly  as  applied  to  medicinal  plants, 
