Dillenlus. lyi 
The plan of the Hortus Elthameitfis had 
been laid fo early as the year 1724, imme* 
diately after ^\\h\\(hingt]\t Synoffis ^ and feme 
of the plants were figured and defcribed be- 
fore Dr. Sherard's death. The work was 
now carried on with vigour, and was print- 
ed in 1732, under the following title : 
HoRTUS ELTHAMENSIS,y6^^ Plcinta- 
rum rariorum quas in Horto fuo Elthami in 
Cantio coluit Vir ornatiJ]imiis et prcefiaiitijji--' 
mus "Jacobus Sherard, M,D. Soc. Reg, et 
ColL Med. Lon, Soc. Gulielmiy P.M. Prater, 
Delineafiones et Defcriptionesy quarum HifiG- 
ria V el plane non vel imperfeBe a Rei hcrba^ 
rice Scriptoribus tradita fiiit. AiiBore Jg-^ 
banne Jacobo Dillenio, M. D.'' Lond. 
Pol. pp.437. "^^^^ 324- 
In this elegant and elaborate work, of 
which LiNN^us fays, " ejl opus botanicum 
quo abjolutius mundum non vidit,' are de- 
fcribed and figured, with the moft circum- 
ftantial accuracy, 417 plants, all drav/n 
and etched with his own hand, confifting 
principally of fuch exotics as were then rare, 
or had been but lately introduced into Png-^ 
land. A few of the more rare Englifi and 
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