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HOW LOBELIA GOT ITS NAME This pretty little blue or white border plant was named after Matthias de Lobel, a French botanist, who was physician to James the First. The lobelia family is very widely distributed about the world, and has no fewer than 540 members, of which we cultivate several. MORE LIGHT BUT LESS HEAT The North and South Poles actually receive 65 more hours of sunlight in a year than the equator does. This is accounted for by the fact that the earth’s atmosphere refracts the sun’s rays, causing the sun to be visible even when it is beneath the horizon. THE HERRING’S NAME The name herring was thought by some to have come from the AngloSaxon har, which means white or hoar, a reference to the colour of its flesh. It is more likely to be derived from another Anglo-Saxon word, here, meaning a host or great army, and refers to the habit of herrings in collecting in enormous shoals.
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Waikato Times, Volume 127, Issue 21188, 10 August 1940, Page 14 (Supplement)
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166Do You Know? Waikato Times, Volume 127, Issue 21188, 10 August 1940, Page 14 (Supplement)
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