Hippeastrum and astronomy
David Pilling (Sun, 14 May 2017 05:00:52 PDT)
Hi,
On 14/05/2017 11:54, Blanca Wingate wrote:
Amaryllidaceae: Preceded by an Attempt to Arrange the Monocotyledonous
Orders, and Followed by a Treatise On Cross-Bred Vegetables, and Supplement
By the Hon. and Rev. William Herbert
London, J. Ridgway and Sons, 1837
Available on Google books [1]:
Since the original quote is "equestrian", does that mean knights are no
longer of interest.
In England there are "Knights of the Garter" and their boss (the Queen)
wears the "Garter star".
[1]
https://books.google.co.uk/books/…
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David Pilling
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