242 IN MEMORY OF ROBERT HOLLAND, 
specimens, with a friendly letter which was the foundation of our 
subsequent friendship. 
Robert Holland, although born at Peckham (on the 2nd of 
August, 1829), belonged to a well-known Cheshire family—that, 
i i i *. His ancestor 
He had studied agriculture at Cirencester, under Prof. Buckman, 
and, at his father’s death, had settled down to farming. Natural 
thamian rather than Babingtonian, but for many years he 
_ One result of my visit to Mobberley in 1868 was the most 
important work with which Mr. Holland’s name is associated—the 
; or 1869, p. 32. Our collection grew beyond our expecta- 
tions, and the work was accepted by the English Dialect Society ; 
but it was not until 1878 that the first part made its appearance, 
: Wl a n important 
contribution ; and it is to be feared that his death will delay its 
completion. 
_ Mr. Holland had a remarkable knowledge of Cheshire customs, 
dialect, and folk-lore. He contributed valuable notes to a volume of 
80; and in 5 the same Society published hi 
; published his 
Glossary of Words used in the County of Chester, a great advance on 
audience, He was extremely fond of his gard 
: garden, and had a 
practical knowledge of agricultural matters, on which account he 
