Hippeastrum and astronomy

David Pilling david@davidpilling.com
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]:

https://goo.gl/6M7oKN/


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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