A SKETCH OF THE LIFE OF WILLYAM SHERARD. 185 
the following extract from : ai written by Dillenius to Dr. 
eoeotonm ony August 13, 
e Consul lay at Eltham, ut was obliged to be often hort 
: ‘a ine nce he came to town, I stayed with him, and attended 
him Sintistaalty to the last moment he dyed, which happene ned last 
Saturday, between one and two in the morning, of a mara He 
is to be buried next Monday at Eltham, from his house ie Pewee 
He has settled all his affairs, and left his collection to the 
ring 
of that day would seem more like Saturday night. The date given in 
Rees’ Cyclop. and Pulteney’s s “Sketches,” Ba: ii., p. 149 (August 
t 
12), is clearly He was buried in am churchyard, on 
whic Ea August 19, in the spot whe wis 
which been chosen by James Sherard for his te gies without 
qtions, mentions be equests of ‘« £100 and his silver watch to Dillenius, 
gl 8 a household furniture, and other effects, to his housekeeper, 
6 the delay btm os before these intentions of Sherard 
ee be carried out, Dillenius was commissioned by James Sherard 
write the “ Hortus Elthamensis Time was thus taken up which 
Wenio2 been occupied on ‘ia ih terials amassed by the deceased 
Giate se a. the result was that the “‘Pinax,” though mentioned many 
*s in the correspondence of the next few years still remained 
Oxf shea at the death of Dillenius in 1747. The MS. is preserved at 
iit me of 126 parts, v: in thickness ; in one case a8 
probably th the early attempt, pikes p. 131. His tacks it are 
of J Y clean and free from notes, a marked exception being a cop 
_ Sonequet’s ** Hortus Regius,” which may have served as ¥ 
Work for the *‘Schola Botanica.”? Amongst the rarities must be 
: a & superb copy of eaten Campi eve pice oa mle | 
me Linn ree vou Ah een the most com 
1 US Temarks his work that scarcely ten pry of of the orn 
only thiee 7 the first escaped the conflagration at Upsal, 
