[BSW] Members' Night next week - Call for presentations + Misc.

[Kathy Bilton]

Next meeting: Tuesday, September 4th at 7 P.M.

Well, the first BSW meeting after the summer recess is just a week away! 
As it's been for a number of years, the September meeting will be 
Members' Night. So please think about making a brief presentation, 5 to 10 
minutes.  Let Melanie know if you are planning to show some photos or if 
you plan to make another sort of presentation. Her email is: 
Melanie.Schori at ars.usda.gov .

Location: VZ Conference Room (WG 33)
Ground Floor of the West Wing, National Museum of Natural History,
Smithsonian Institution, 10th St. and Constitution Avenue NW, Washington, 
DC.

Please email Rob Soreng at the address sorengr at-the-domain si (dot)edu 
to arrange for a pass to get to the meeting room.

Pre-meeting dinner: 5:30 P.M. at the Elephant & Castle Pub and Restaurant, 
1201 Pennsylvania Ave., N.W., Washington. Phone 202-347-7707. The 
restaurant is diagonally across from the Old Post Office Pavilion at 12th 
and Pennsylvania, a few blocks from the Museum, with Federal Triangle the 
nearest Metro station, and Metro Center also nearby. 
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In case you haven't seen this article:

Rhododendron? Hydrangea? America Doesn’t Know Anymore
https://www.wsj.com/articles/rhododendron-hydrangea-america-doesnt-know-anymore-1534259849

(You should be able to see it without a subscription, though some have had 
problems seeing it.)
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While writing this, an email just came through from the MAIPC mailing list 
about the invasive, Murdannia keisak, Marsh Dewflower. 
http://lists.maipc.org/pipermail/maipc-maipc.org/2018-August/001421.html