136 A SKETCH OF THE LIFE OF WILLIAM SHERARD, 
which destroyed the impression, and most of the woodblocks for it. 
Pritzel’s description (n. 8825, ed. i.) was taken from this copy. _ 
_, Sherard occupied a high place amongst the Botanists of his time; 
his intercourse with the leading men in the science, both at home and 
tems, yet the services he rendered to Botany, at a period termed by — 
Linneus “ the Golden Age,” must make his name as lasting as the 
Science, 
He possessed a good knowledge for the time of eryptogamous 
plants, and the acuteness Dillenius displayed in this branch was 4 
strong link of attachment between them. “ta ahah 
The name Sherardia was given by three different botanists abou 
the same time to ery Vi 
eight species which he separated from Verbena, but whic 
subsequently reunited it; then by Pontedera, in the same year, to 
exotic s » Galenva africana, Linn. ; fin y Dil 7 (1719). 
appendix to the second edition of his “‘ Catalogus circa Gissem (1 
ormation, such as Ray’s « § opsis,” and ‘‘ Historia,” as otherwi 
the list would be eae Bs Gelade tine every important work pub 
1 duri ddle life, his name being gratefully men! 
_ Im the prefaces of a large number of i “aniot 
4. Schora Borantca, sive Catalogus Plantarum, quas ab aliq 
annis in Horto Regi i 
Joseph Pitton Tournefort, D.M., ut et Pauli Hermanni P.P 
bist Baravr Propg i i 
nes, quae 1 — 
ensium, Batavorum, aliorumque celebrioribus pas 
: m Sroye Wazroyo Anglo. Am ribed 
The work is des. 
ksi rary 
1797." “SW. (Simon Wantox) &o, “Cat, vol. 8, p. 108. Londet 
; ts 
Tn the following year another work appeared upon the ne 
cultivated in the Leyden: Garden, vey ot Flore Lugdun™ 
