Robert Wallace

“ These include a charming pamphlet 'The Gates of the West' (1892) ; 'Across Canada: a Report on Canada and its Agricultural Resources,' written for and published by the government of Canada (Ottawa, 1885) ; 'Canadian Agriculture' (parts i. and ii.) , 'Journal of the Royal Agricultural Society' (1885) ; 'The Farms and Forests of Canada, as illustrated in the Colonial and Indian Exhibition of 1886' (Toronto, 1886) ; 'The Provincial Agriculture of Canada' (London, 1887) . ”

“ FREAM, WILLIAM (1854–1906) , writer on agriculture, born at Gloucester in 1854, was second son in the family of four sons and three daughters of John Fream, builder and contractor, by his wife Mary Grant. As a boy he was a chorister of Gloucester Cathedral, and was always devoted to music. After education in Sir Thomas Rich's Blue Coat Hospital, he entered the employment of a Gloucester corn and seed merchant ”

“ While in Ireland he made long botanical walking tours to the wild district of Connemara and other distant parts of the country. He became an associate of the Royal College by diploma. He also matriculated in the University of London, and graduated in science with honours in chemistry at the first B.Sc. ”