[BSW] Febrary 4 - Trapa bispinosa, a New Species of Water Chestnut in the Potomac River Watershed

[KATHY BILTON]

Note: Alan Whittemore will be giving the presentation that was snowed out 
in January at the April 7 meeting:

    "Coffee, leaf rust and plant collecting:
    The rise, fall and resurgence of a popular crop." 
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The next meeting will be on February 4.

Speaker: Dr. Nancy Rybicki, Affiliate Professor, George Mason University

Topic: Early Detection and Eradication Program Needed for Trapa bispinosa, 
a New Species of Water Chestnut in the Potomac River Watershed

Date and time: 7pm on Tuesday, January 4th

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.

Flyer for posting: http://botsoc.org/feb20.pdf

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 
presentation.