From kathy at fred.net  Mon Sep  2 22:06:40 2019
From: kathy at fred.net (KATHY BILTON)
Date: Mon, 2 Sep 2019 23:06:40 -0400 (EDT)
Subject: [BSW] Reminder: BSW meeting tomorrow evening, Tuesday, September 3
Message-ID: <alpine.BSF.2.20.1909022303050.9528@shell.xecu.net>

The next meeting of the Botanical Society will be taking place back in our
regular meeting place,  the VZ Conference Room (WG 33) in the Natural 
History Museum.

As we have been doing for several years at the September meeting, various 
members will be giving 5 to 10 minute talks on topics of their choosing. 
Please write to Melanie Schori at Melanie.Schori at ars.usda.gov to let 
her know if you would like to speak at the meeting.

All are welcome to attend the meeting, member or not.  Refreshments are
provided before and after the presentations.

Date and Time: Tuesday, September 2 at 7 p.m.

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

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.

http://www.elephantcastle.com/dc_penn


From kathy at fred.net  Mon Sep  9 18:09:08 2019
From: kathy at fred.net (KATHY BILTON)
Date: Mon, 9 Sep 2019 19:09:08 -0400 (EDT)
Subject: [BSW] Next BSW meeting, Tuesday, October 1
Message-ID: <alpine.BSF.2.20.1909091842370.47496@shell.xecu.net>

The next meeting is as early as it can be, namely on the 1st of next 
month. (The same date in 1890 saw the establishment of Yosemite National 
Park.)

The speaker will be Dr. Pedro Acevedo, Research Botanist and Curator of 
Botany (Sapindaceae and Caribbean plants) at the Smithsonian Institution's 
National Museum of Natural History.

His topic: The Liana Syndrome and Other Entanglements

Date and time: 7pm on Tuesday, October 1st
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.

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.
All are welcome to attend. There will be refreshments before and after the 
presentations.



From kathy at fred.net  Tue Sep 24 08:52:22 2019
From: kathy at fred.net (KATHY BILTON)
Date: Tue, 24 Sep 2019 09:52:22 -0400 (EDT)
Subject: [BSW] Flyer for October 1 meeting + Google doodle
Message-ID: <alpine.BSF.2.20.1909162237360.10891@shell.xecu.net>


A flyer for posting is now available:  http://botsoc.org/oct19.pdf


Recent Google doodle of a botanist:
https://www.forbes.com/sites/kionasmith/2019/09/15/sundays-google-doodle-honors-botanist-yns-mexa/

This collector-grower built an Eden of rare plants. Now he tackles the 
challenge to preserve it.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/lifestyle/magazine/2019/09/11/11399d5c-af08-11e9-bc5c-e73b603e7f38_story.html

Centuries Later, America?s First Female Botanist Lives On in a Community 
Garden
https://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/jane-colden-first-american-female-botanist