I  IC 
Reviews. 
I  Am.  Jour.  Pharm. 
t       Feb.,  1892. 
retary  ;  and  A.  D.  Smith,  Manchester,  treasurer;  W.  P.  Underhill,  Concord; 
F.  L.  Way  and  G.  C.  Shedd,  Keene,  constitute  the  executive  committee. 
The  next  annual  meeting  will  be  held  at  Keene,  September  6,  next. 
Minutes  of  the  Twelfth  Annual  Meeting  of  the  North  Carolina  Pharmaceuti- 
cal Association.    New  Berne,  N.  C.    1891.    Pp.  80. 
A  brief  account  of  the  meeting  will  be  found  in  our  September  1 189 1 1  number, 
page  468.  Among  the  papers  read  is  one  in  which  Mr.  W.  H.  Wearn  endeavors 
to  prove  the  presence  of  tannin  in  gentian  root  :  his  compound  is  obviously  the 
one  which  was  noticed  by  Prof.  Patch  in  1S81.  The  investigations  by  Van 
Itallie,  made  in  1886  with  dry  gentian  and  with  the  fresh  roots  of  three  species 
of  gentiana,  were  evidently  unknown  to  the  author.  Next  meeting  in  Raleigh, 
August  10.    W.  H.  King,  local  secretary. 
Proceedings  of  the  National  Wholesale  Druggists'  Association,  in  convention 
at  Louisville,  Ky.,  Gait  House,  October  19-23,  1S91.  Geo.  B.  Bower,  official 
stenographer.    Minneapolis.    Pp.  243. 
The  volume,  which  is  adorned  by  the  likeness  of  the  president,  Wm.  A. 
Robinson,  and  is  issued  by  the  secretary,  A.  B.  Merriam,  Minneapolis,  contains 
a  full  account  of  the  discussions  at  the  meetings,  and  of  the  speeches  at  the 
banquet.  Much  time  was  devoted  to  the  consideration  of  plans  for  preventing 
the  cutting  of  retail  prices  of  proprietary  articles. 
Grasses  of  the  Southwest.  Plates  and  descriptions  of  the  grasses  of  the 
desert  region  of  Western  Texas,  New  Mexico,  Arizona  and  Southern  California. 
Part  II.  By  Dr.  Geo.  Vasey,  Botanist,  Department  of  Agriculture.  Washing- 
ton :  Government  Printing  Office.  1S91. 
This  valuable  contribution  to  North  American  botany  contains  plates  and 
descriptions  of  50  species  of  grasses,  making  a  total  of  100  species,  including 
those  of  Part  I.  Most  of  these  plants  are  but  little  known,  and  a  goodly 
number  are  new  species.  It  is  intended  to  publish  a  second  volume  containing 
the  grasses  of  the  Pacific  Coast. 
Catalogue  of  the  phtznogamous  and  vascular  cryptogamous  plants  in  the 
vicinity  of  St.  Louis,  Mo.  By  Henry  Eggert,  St.  Louis.  Mo.  Pp.  16.  Price, 
20  cents. 
This  catalogue,  which  is  arranged  alphabetically,  contains  the  names  of 
nearlv  1,100  species  which  grow  in  a  radius  of  about  40  miles  of  St.  Louis. 
Experiments  and  Researches  on  Trap  Syphonage,  showing  the  comparative 
merits  of  the  principal  appliances  used  for  trap-seal  protection.  By  Jas.  M. 
Denton.  M.E.,  professor  of  experimental  mechanics  in  Stevens  Institute  of 
Technology,  Hoboken.    Concord,  X.  H.    1S91.    Pp.  56. 
Reprint  from  vol.  xvi  of  the  Transactions  of  the  American  Public  Health 
Association. 
Annual  Report  of  the  Postmaster-General  of  the  United  States  for  the  fiscal 
year  ending  June  30,  1891.    Washington.    Pp.  183. 
A  public  document  containing  much  interesting  statistical  information,  and 
embellished  with  maps  and  plates,  the  latter  made  after  photographs  of  parts 
of  different  post-office  buildings. 
