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nppearance  of  medicinal  plants  in  consequence  of  the  destruction  of  our  forests, 
which  demand  attention  in  this  aspect  as  well  as  in  other  important  particulars}  an 
excellent  suggestion  of  the  very  instructive  address  was  the  recommendation  to 
State  Pharmaceutical  Associations  to  confer  with  State  Boards  of  Agriculture  in 
regard  to  the  more  systematic  cultivation  of  medicinal  and  other  useful  plants. 
The  address  was  well  received,  and  was  referred  to  a  committee  consisting  of 
Messrs.  Scheffer,  of  Kentucky  ;  Ingalls,  of  Georgia,  and  Robbins,  of  Pennsylvania, 
to  report  upon  such  suggestions  as  may  require  action  on  the  part  of  the  Associa- 
tion. 
Invitations  were  received  and  accepted  to  attend  the  dramatic  readings  oi:  Miss 
A.  Detehm,  and  to  visit  the  Saratoga  County  Cabinet,  containing  collections  of 
geology,  mineralogy,  palaeontology,  archaeology,  etc.,  of  the  county.  Invitations 
to  attend  the  sessions  were  extended  to  the  medical  and  pharmaceutical  professions 
of  Saratoga,  and  to  the  members  of  the  Committee  of  Revision  of  the  U.  S.  Phar- 
macopoeia present. 
The  Executive  Committee  reported  141  applications  for  membership.  On  roll 
call,  137  members  were  found  to  be  present  at  the  opening  session. 
The  Committee  on  Credentials  reported  having  received  and  examined  creden- 
tials from  36  societies,  namely  from  the  Colleges  of  Pharmacy  at  New  York,  Wash- 
ington (National),  Chicago,  Boston,  St.  Louis,  Cincinnati,  Philadelphia,  Pittsburg, 
Montreal,  Ontario,  Louisville  and  Baltimore;  from  Alumni  Associations  of  the 
Cincinnati,  Massachusetts,  New  York,  St.  Louis,  Louisville  and  Philadelphia  Col- 
leges of  Pharmacy  5  from  Pharmaceutical  Associations  of  the  States  of  Wisconsin, 
New  Hampshire,  North  Carolina,  Connecticut,  South  Carolina,  Vermont,  Iowa, 
New  Jersey,  Pennsylvania,  New  York,  Kansas,  Ohio,  Georgia  and  Kentucky,  and 
the  Province  of  Quebec;  and  from  the  King's  County,  N.  Y.,  and  Newark,  N.  J., 
Pharmaceutical  Associations,  and  from  the  Society  of  German  Apothecaries  of 
New  York. 
The  Committee  reports  were  handed  in,  and  laid  upon  the  table,  when  the  Nom- 
inating Committee  was  appointed,  consisting  of  one  member  of  eacli  of  the  thirty- 
six  delegations,  and  of  the  following  gentlemen  from  tlie  Association  at  large  :  J. 
G.  Thibodeaux,  of  Louisiana  ;  W.  B.  Blanding,  of  Rhode  Island  ;  W.  J.  Morley, 
of  Texas  ;  E.  Martin,  of  Indiana,  and  E.  Bocking,  of  West  Virginia,  A  Com- 
mittee on  Exhibition  was  appointed,  consisting  of  Messrs.  E.  H.  Dalrymple,  of 
New  Jersey;  C.  Huston,  of  Ohio;  Wm.  Blaikie,  of  New  York;  P.  C.  Candidus, 
of  Alabama,  and  Geo.  H.  Schater,  of  Iowa. 
Professor  Remington  read  the  report  of  the  Committee  on  By-laws,  contemplate 
ing  the  organization  of  a  Business  Council,  the  consideration  of  which  was  made 
the  special  business  of  the  second  session  after  the  transaction  of  the  regular  busi- 
ness.   An  adjournment  was  ilien  had  until  9  o'clock  the  next  morning. 
Second  Session,  Wednesday  Morning,  Sept.  15th. — After  the  readmg  and  ^ 
approval  of  the  mmutes  of  the  first  session,  the  fuUowing  officers  and  committees 
were  placed  in  nomination  :  President,  Jas.  T.  Shinn,  Philadelphia,  t^ice- Presidents — 
Geo.  H.  Schafer,  Fort  Madison,  la.;  Wm.  S.  Thompson,  Washington,  D.C.;  Wm. 
Simpson,  Raleigh,  N.  C.  Treasurer,  Ciias.  A.  Tutts,  Dover,  N.  H.  Permanent 
Secretary,  J.  M.  Maisch,  Philadelphia.  Reporter  on  Progress  of  Pharmacy,  C.  L. 
Diehl,  Louisville,  Ky.    Executive  Committee — G.  W.  Kennedy,   Pottsviile,  Pa. 
