146 CHAPTER 38. 
It is not yet forgotten as the refidcnce of 
ShERARD. In 1749, |HASSfeLQUIST vi- 
fited this retreat, and viewed, with all the 
enthufiafm of a young botanift, the fpot 
where " the regent of the botanic world," 
as he ftiles him, fpent his fummers, and 
cultivated his garden. Here Sherard 
coUeded fpecimens of all the plants of Na^ 
tolia and Greece, and began that famous 
Herbarium, which at length became the 
moft extenfive that had ever been feen as 
the work of one man, finpe it is faid final- 
ly to have contained 12,000 fpecies. And 
here he is faid to have begun the much- 
celebrated PinaXy to which he continued to 
make acceffions throughout his life. He 
returned into England, in 171 8. Soon after 
which time, he had the degree of Doftor 
of Laws conferred upon him by the Uni- 
verfity of Oxford. 
In 1721, Dr. Sherard communicated 
to the Royal Society an Account of the 
Poifon Wood Tree of New England, which 
he had received from Mr. More. It does 
not appear that the fpecies had been afcer- 
tained till Dr, Sherarp pointed it out as 
the. 
