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Next LectureMonday 12th May 7 for 7.30pm The World of Oaks Antoine Le Hardy de Beaulieu, Botanist and Monographer For 150 million years, Genus Quercus has spread its 500 species across the globe from swamp to meadow to desert and craggy outcrop: habitats as varied as – its many forms, from dwarf shrub to forest giant, its leaves easily recognised, or easily mistaken, for chestnut, holly, alder or willow – its many uses, from timber and houses and men-of-war, acorns for pork sausages, sleepers for rails and shingles for roofs, corks for wine, medicine for burns, bark for tanning and galls for ink, a carpenter's cornucopia for wheels, ploughs and tools, roots for truffles and acorns to mill for loaves – and its magic, for druids and Gardeners alike. Previous Programme 2007 Water, Plants and Buildings Man’s biophilia since earliest times Professor Charles Stirton Monday 12 February 2007 Genus Quercus, the family of oak The pain and ecstasy of collecting Dr John Gammon, grower of trees Monday 12 March 2007 Inclusionality, Space and Flowerform The evolutionary neighbourhood of plants Dr Alan Rayner, University of Bath Wednesday 11 April 2007 The Culture of Curiosity John Tradescant, father and son Jennifer Potter, author of ‘Strange Blooms’ Monday 14 May 2007 By Lens, Knife and Trowel Christopher Broome, botanist and mycologist extraordinaire Rob Randall, member Monday 11 June 2007 A Garden for Invention Patents from plants. Through physics, then technology, natural materials can inspire the design of modern products and processes Julian Vincent, Professor of Bio-mimetics, Bath University Monday 9 July 2007 The Spirit of Gardening The intangible beatitudes of a botanical philistine Mirabel Osler, garden writer Monday 8 October 2007 The Naming of Names How and why we came to name our plants Anna Pavord, author ‘Naming of Names’ Monday 12 November 2007 Liquid Assets Wetlands in a Changing World Dr David Goode, Fellow of the Linnean Society Monday 10 December Nymphaea The lure and uses of waterlilies since ancient times Barbara Dobbins Davies, Horticulturalist Mon 11 Feb 2008 The Monographer Forensic Scientists of the Botanical World Prof Charles Stirton BRLSI Member Monday 14 April 2008 All lectures are at Bath Royal Literary & Scientific Institution, 16 Queen Square, Bath, 7 for 7.30pm. All welcome. Entrance £4, BRLSI members/students £2. Enquiries or suggestions for further lectures to botany@brlsi.org |
