[Botsocwash] (BSW) Reminder - Next meeting is this Tuesday, January 2 + MISC.

[Kathy BILTON]

Our first 2024 meeting is coming up this on Tuesday, January 2. The meeting
will start at 7pm with "doors" opening by 6:45.

Speaking will be Harlan Svoboda, Ph.D., the curator of the Herbaria at the
U.S. National Arboretum. His topic: "The Enduring Legacy of the USDA's
Botanical Explorations"

Flyer: http://www.botsoc.org/jan24.pdf

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New Facebook page to discuss the myriad of environmental and other major
problems with Arlington & Alexandria's Potomac Yard
development: https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=61554907161704

Botanical memory: five centuries of floristic changes revealed by a
Renaissance herbarium (Ulisse Aldrovandi, 1551–1586)
https://royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/10.1098/rsos.230866

500-year-old pressed flowers reveal disheartening secrets to team of
scientists: ‘These increases are frightening’
https://news.yahoo.com/500-old-pressed-flowers-reveal-111555495.html

The Popular Holiday Plant Named After a Slaveholder, May Be Undergoing a
Name Change
https://news.yahoo.com/poinsettia-popular-holiday-plant-named-041736287.html

Aloe vera plants turned into energy-storing supercapacitors
https://www.newscientist.com/article/2409497-aloe-vera-plants-turned-into-energy-storing-supercapacitors/

Swedish Researchers develop ‘electronic soil’ that speeds up plant growth
https://www.engadget.com/swedish-researchers-develop-electronic-soil-that-speeds-up-plant-growth-205630538.html

Skydiving Salamanders Live in World’s Tallest Trees
https://news.berkeley.edu/2022/05/23/skydiving-salamanders-live-in-worlds-tallest-trees
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