GALLON

liquid méasuré; comprises 4 quarts, or 277.274 cubic in. district, S.W. Scotland, comprising shires of Wigtown and Kirk cud bright. (1863), Botanist. 6. im Mi ouri. In 1884 at University of Mi ouri was Bachelor of Agriculture Science. From 1884-1886 a isted in horticultural department of University of Mi ouri. 1887-88 a istant Pathologist. Was pathologist and chief Division of Vegetable Pathology and Physiology, 18881900. 1901-1912 was chief Bureau Plant Industry. From 1913-14 was a istant secretary of agriculture of United States. At Cornell University, 1914-16 was dean of State College of Agriculture. In office of Seed and Plant Introduction, United States Department of Agriculture. Author of books on botany and horticulture. Amer, lawyer; pres. of Philadelphia, A embly, 1766-73; in Anglo-Amer, dispute advocated compromise, and wrote Plan of a Proposed Union between Great Britain and the Colonies, 1774; fought with Brit. army; retired to Eng., 1778, all his property being confiscated.