452  Reviews  and  Bibliographical  Notices,  {Ag£tefS" 
spices;  alcoholic  beverages;  flesh  foods.  An  appendix  of  use  ul 
tables,  etc.,  concludes  the  book. 
The  work  will  prove  of  considerable  value  to  analysts,  particu- 
larly as  many  of  the  bulletins  of  the  United  States  Department  of 
Agriculture  and  of  the  Association  of  Official  Agricultural  Chemists 
are  out  of  print  and  the  others  are  with  difficulty  obtained.  The 
authors'  wide  experience  in  practical  analytical  work  and  ability  in 
culling  the  more  valuable  methods  from  the  large  amount  of  pub- 
lished matter,  have  particularly  fitted  them  for  the  task  in  hand 
and  the  work  has  been  done  accordingly. 
The  Indian  Doctor's  Dispensatory  being  Father  Smith's  advice 
respecting  diseases  and  their  cure.  By  Peter  Smith,  of  the  Miami 
country.  Cincinnati :  Printed  by  Browne  and  Looker,  for  the 
author.    1813.  f 
This  is  Bulletin  No.  2  of  the  reproduction  series  of  the  Lloyd 
Library  of  Botany,  Pharmacy  and  Materia  Medica,  Cincinnati,  O. 
Peter  Smith's  dispensatory  is  probably  the  rarest  book  on  pharmacy, 
there  being  but  one  copy  known  to  be  in  existence.  An  interest- 
ing biography  of  Peter  Smith,  by  Professor  Lloyd,  accompanies  the 
volume.  These  reproductions  can  be  had  at  the  nominal  price  of 
$1.00  per  issue  by  addressing  the  Lloyd  Library,  Cincinnati,  O. 
The  third  bulletin  will  probably  consist  of  a  facsimile  of  the  Materia 
Medica  Americana,  by  Schoepf,  the  first  botanical  work  connected 
with  American  medicinal  plants. 
Biltmore  Botanical  Studies.  A  journal  of  botany  embracing 
papers  by  the  director  and  associates  of  the  Biltmore  Herbarium. 
Biltmore  Herbarium,  Biltmore,  N.  C.  William  Wesley  &  Son, 
London. 
Volume  I,  No.  I,  consists  of  "  Revision  of  the  Species  of  Marshal- 
lia,"  by  C.  D.  Beadle  and  F.  E.  Boynton ;  "  Notes  on  Certain  Cone- 
flowers,"  by  C.  L.  Boynton  and  C.  D.  Beadle ;  "  New  or  Little 
Known  Species  of  Trillium,"  by  T.  G.  Harbison  ;  "  New  Species  of 
Thorns  from  the  Southeastern  States,"  and  "A  Shrubby  Oak  of 
the  Southern  Alleghanies,"  by  C.  D.  Beadle.  Eleven  well  executed 
plates  on  Marshallia  accompany  the  number.  Each  one  of  these 
articles  contains  a  number  of  new  species  which  are  well  founded,  and 
will  stand  the  test  of  careful  scrutiny  which  cannot  always  be  said 
of  new  species  that  are  being  made.    It  is  extremely  fortunate  that 
