BIOGRAPHY. 

 The author received his early training in the pubhc schools of Paris, 

 Illinois and in the high schools of Paris and Flora, Illinois and Terre 

 Haute, Indiana. He received his Bachelor's degree in Chemistry from 

 Wabash College in 1910 and has held the following positions since that 

 time: 



1910-191 1, Instructor in Chemistry and Physics, Urbana, 111., High 



School. 

 1911-1912, Assistant in Chemistry, Agricultural Experiment Station, 



University of Illinois. 

 1912-1914, Assistant in Floriculture, University of Illinois. 

 1914-1915, First Assistant in Floricultural Chemistry, University of 

 Illinois. 

 The author is a member of Sigma Xi, Phi Lambda Upsilon, Gamma 

 Alpha, and the American Chemical Society. 



