Dr. Sherard. 14,3 ■ 
evidence^ than tlic obligations, already men- ,, 
tionedj which Mr. R-AY acknowledges for 
affiftance in his Hiftorj/ of Plants," 
He travelled early into various parts of 
England^ and was ever attentive to make 
difcoFeries. He made the tour of the Weft 
as far as into CornwaH, He fearched the 
ifland of Jerfey^ and comoiunicated a Lift . 
of Plants to Mr. Ray, to be inferted in 
the firft edition of the Synojj/is, printed in. 
1690. 
He is faid to have been tlit author of 
a book publiilied under the name of t^amucl . 
Wharton, Schola Botanka ; Jive^ Cala- 
logus Plant arum qiias ab aliquot Annis in Ilorto 
Regio Parifienfi Stiidic/is indigitavil J of. Pet, 
TouRNEFORT." Awjl. 16S9. 12*. It v/as 
reprinted in 1691, and 1699,- If indeed 
Sherard was the author of this book, he 
muft have attended the leftures of Tourne- 
FORT three feveral feafons. It contains a 
rude iketch of Tour ne fort's Method of 
Botany, exempHfied in a large catalogue of 
plants ; among which are innumerable va- 
rieties, fome new fpecies collefted by 
TouRNEFORT hiaifelf in the Pyrem<ean 
Mountains^ 
