Attention gardeners, readers, and writers! Come in from the cold on Thursday, February 6 from 2 – 3:30 at the Hunnewell Building at the Arnold Arboretum for an afternoon as delightful as a spring garden. Jonathan Damery, the associate editor for Arnoldia, will provide an enlivening and breathtaking tour of the artistry found in horticultural and botanical reference books. Bask in the profound eloquence of even the most exhaustive of botanical descriptions. Often cloaked in scholarly tomes, these compositions boast opinion, passion, simply gorgeous wordsmithing, and even intrigue, in some cases. Fee $5 Arboretum member, $10 nonmember Register at my.arboretum.harvard.edu or call 617-384-5277.