She said students must take classes in plant structure " so they understand what it is exactly that they are drawing. It requires a strong basis in botany, " she said.
In 19th-century Britain, there were many working-class botanists, men and women who'd taught themselves botany by memorising the Latin names of plants in pubs after long and taxing work hours.
Sherard left his books and plants to Dillenius, and a considerable amount of money to Oxford University to be used toward the maintenance of a professorship of botany.