2 1 6  Minutes  of  the  Pharmaceutical  Meeting.  { AmAJp0rli[;1892arm- 
Michx.,  C.  rosea,  Schkuhr,  C.  cephaloidea,  Dewey,  C.  cephalophora,  MuhL, 
C.  echinata  var.  cephalantha,  Bailey,  C.  canescens,  ZzVz.,  C.  bromoides, 
Schkuhr,  C.  tribuloides,  WahL,  C.  straminea,  Willd.,  Leersia  oryzoides,  Swartz, 
L.  virginica,  Willd.,  Zizania  aquatica,  ZzVz.,  Andropogon  furcatus,  MuhL,  A. 
scoparius,  Michx.,  Deschampsia  flexuosa,  Cinna  arundinacea,  Zz#., 
Eleusine  indica,  Gaertn.,  Poa  alsodes,  Gray,  P.  brevifolia,  MuhL,  Festuca 
nutans,  Willd.,  Asprella  Hystrix,  Willd.,  Equisetum  rqbustum,  Braun,  Poly- 
podium  vulgare,  Zz#.,  Adiantum  pedatum,  Lin.,  Pteris  aquilina,  Lin., 
Asplenium  Trichomanes,  Lin.,  A.  angustifoliura,  Michx.,  A.  thelypteroides, 
Michx.,  Aspidium  cristatum,  Swartz,  A.  Goldianum,  Hooker,  A.  acrosti- 
choides,  Swartz,  Botrychium  virginicum,  Swartz,  B.  ternatum,  Swartz,  Lyco- 
podiutn  lucidulum,  Michx.,  Marchantia  polymorpha,  Lin.,  Leucobryum 
vulgare,  Hampe,  Timmia  megapolitana,  Hedwig,  Ceratodon  purpureus, 
Bridel,  Atrichuin  undulatutn,  Beauv.,  A.  angustatum,  Beauv.,  Funaria  hygro- 
metrica,  Hedw.,  Bartramia  pomiformis,  Hediv.,  Aulacomnion  heterastichuin, 
B.  and  6".,  Physcomitrium  pyriforme,  B.  and  S.,  Climacium  dendroides,  Web. 
and  Mohr,  Polytrichum  gracile,  Menzies,  P.  juniperinum,  Hedw. 
The  botanist,  after  having  mentioned  in  the  above  lines  many  of  his  darlings 
and  the  places  of  their  residence,  is  convinced  that  he  has  omitted  quite  a 
number  that  are  equally  dear  to  him.  He  knows — and  finds  some  consolation 
therein — that  all  work  of  man  is  more  or  less  imperfect.  Nothing,  however, 
but  the  expectation  of  seeing  and  greeting  the  omitted  ones  again  at  a  time 
not  far  distant,  causes  him  to  forget  his  neglect  and  to  sketch  again  plans  for 
future  travelling  over  hills  and  through  valleys  to  the  islands  and  lakes. 
MINUTES  OF  THE  PHARMACEUTICAL  MEETING. 
Phii.adei.phia,  March  15,  1892. 
On  motion  of  Mr.  C.  C.  Meyer,  Wm.  B.  Webb,  Ph.M.,  was  called  to  preside. 
The  minutes  of  the  last  meeting  were  read,  and  no  corrections  being  called 
for,  they  stand  approved. 
The  following  donations  to  the  library  were  made  on  behalf  of  Mr.  Hans  M. 
Wilder  :  Receptirkunst,  by  H.  Hager  ;  Pharmacopcese  recentiores,  by  H. 
Hager ;  Allgemeine  Pharmakopoe,  by  F.  L.  Strumpf ;  Commentar,  by  H. 
Hager  (2  vol.),  by  F.  Mohr  (1  vol.),  and  by  Dulk  (2  vol.)  ;  Pharmaceutische 
Technik,  by  F.  Mohr ;  Anorganische  Chemie,  by  R.  Arend ;  Organische 
Chemie,  by  F.  Wohler  ;  Ure's  Dictionary  of  Chemistry  ;  Cell  Doctrine,  by  Dr. 
Jas.  Tyson;  Domestic  Medicine,  by  W.  Buchan,  M.D.;  Hance's  Medical 
Compendium  and  Formulary,  and  American  Journal  of  Pharmacy  for  1834. 
On  motion,  a  vote  of  thanks  was  returned  to  Mr.  Wilder. 
The  Chairman  said  that  the  Paddock  Bill,  which  recently  passed  the  Senate, 
had  been  put  down  as  a  subject  for  discussion.  The  clause  defining  adul- 
teration was  then  read. 
Professor  Maisch  said  that  the  enactment  of  a  stringent  law  for  the  pre- 
vention and  punishment  of  adulterations  was  very  desirable  ;  yet  he  could 
not  join  in  the  assertion  sometimes  made,  that  adulterations  were  more  com- 
monly practised  now  than  in  the  past.  It  was  a  matter  of  history  that,  in  the 
middle  ages,  persons  convicted  of  such  frauds  had  been  burned  to  death.  It 
