[BSW] Persian Gardens + Warren's Beetles + Medicinal Plant talk

[Kathy Bilton]

Reminder: Tomorrow, March 7, at 7pm, Steven Lonker will give his 
presentation on: The Persian Garden: 2,500 Years of Producing Earthly 
Paradise in Extreme Climate Through Innovations in Sustainable Landscape 
Design

Pre-meeting dinner at the Elephant and Castle at 5:30.
Details on the webpage: http://botsoc.org
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Saturday, March 25 from 10:30 until noon
Prof. Alain Touwaide, Scientific Director, Institute for the Preservation 
of Medical Traditions will be giving a free lecture atthe USBG entitled: 
Stories of Medicinal Plants from the Past. Pre-registration required.

https://www.usbg.gov/events/2017/02/18/lecture-stories-medicinal-plants-past

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Warren Steiner's paper on beetles was recently published in the Annales 
Zoologici.

Title: NEW ASSIGNMENTS AMONG THE GENERA HAPLANDRUS LECONTE, METACLISA 
JACQUELIN DU VAL AND THARSUS LECONTE WITH DESCRIPTIONS OF LARVAE AND PUPAE 
AND A NEW GENUS FOR NORTH AMERICA (COLEOPTERA: TENEBRIONIDAE)

You can find it here:
https://drive.google.com/file/d/0BwUmVhNDD9DQOVRobkFCSkZNOE90ajNUZTlTZi1uZlZjNnpR/view?usp=sharing

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