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A.m.  Jour.  Pbarm. 
Dec,  1892. 
ing  quack,  that  the  ingredients  varied  sometimes,  and  that  such  articles  like 
jurubebin  which  are  not  in  the  market,  were  simply  ordered  as  a  blind  with  the 
view  of  compelling  the  victim  to  have  the  prescription  compounded  by  the 
advertiser. 
The  question  was  asked,  to  what  extent  should  pharmacists  compty  with  the 
directions  of  physicians  when  A  B's  or  X  Y's  make  of  an}-  special  article  is 
ordered  ? 
Professor  Maisch  said  that  the  physician's  order  should  be  complied  with; 
but  that  it  had  been  his  practice  to  decline  putting  up  prescriptions  ordering 
galenicals  of  other  manufacturers,  and  at  the  same  time  to  let  physicians  know 
that  he  took  pride  in  making  such  articles  himself,  and  that  such  notification 
was  generally  satisfactory  to  the  physician. 
It  was  suggested  that  medical  men  could  and  in  most  cases  would  cure  the 
trouble,  if  apothecaries  would  let  them  know  that  they  had  such -remedies  on 
hand  of  their  own  make,  and  that  they  were  well  and  properly  made.  Mr. 
Beringer  said  we  ought  to  comply  with  the  prescription  of  the  physician,  and 
if  making  a  similar  preparation  should  acquaint  the  physician  with  the  formula 
generally  the  physician  would  be  satisfied  with  it. 
On  motion  adjourned.  T.  S.  Wiegand,  Registrar. 
REVIEWS  AND  BIBLIOGRAPHICAL  NOTICES. 
All  Around  the  Year,  1893.  Designs  by  J.  Pauline  Sunter,  Boston.  Lee 
&  Shepard.    Price,  in  box,  50  cents. 
This  calendar,  like  its  predecessors,  is  printed  on  heavy  card-board,  gilt 
edged,  with  chain,  tassels,  and  ring,  and  is  of  convenient  size.  The  designs 
on  each  monthly  card,  are  very  pleasing,  artistically  executed,  and  printed 
in  several  colors. 
Grasses  of  the  Pacific  Slope,  including  Alaska  and  the  adjacent  islands.  Part 
I.  By  Dr.  Geo.  Vasey,  Botanist.  U.  S.  Department  of  Agriculture.  Washing- 
ton :  Government  Printing  Office.    1892.  4to. 
In  continuation  of  the  work  done  in  regard  to  the  grasses  of  the  south- 
western United  States,  the  concluding  portion  of  which  was  announced  on 
p.  no  of  our  present  volume,  the  pamphlet  now  before  us  has  been  issued 
in  the  same  style  as  the  former.  We  learn  that  the  grasses  of  the  Pacific 
Slope,  including  Alaska,  number  nearly  200  species,  specifically  distinct  from 
those  growing  east  of  the  Mississippi.  There  are  50  plates  with  52  species,  most 
of  them  illustrated  for  the  first  time  ;  the  descriptions  are  mostly  the  work  of 
Prof.  D.  H.  Dewey. 
Contributions  from  the  U.  S.  National  Herbarium.  Vol.  I,  No.  V.  Pub- 
lished by  authority  of  the  Secretar}^  of  Agriculture.  Washington  :  Govern- 
ment Printing  Office.  1892. 
The  pamphlet  contains  lists  of  plants  from  different  collectors  obtained 
along  the  western  coast  of  America,  from  Patagonia  northward  ;  also  a  revision 
of  the  North  American  species  of  Hoffmanseggia  ;  and  an  index  of  new  species 
of  American  phanerogams  and  pteridophytes  published  in  1891.  This  index, 
prepared  by  Josephine  A.  Clark,  is  in  two  parts,  systematic  and  alphabetic,  and 
covers  36  pages. 
