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CONTENTS 



February 



18-21 Sixth Annual Rhode Island 

 Spring Flower and Garden Show 

 ("Gardens of the Future"), Rhode 

 Island Convention Center, Provi- 

 dence; Nancy Syme at 1-800-766- 

 1670 



18-21 Eighteenth Annual Con- 

 necticut Flower and Garden 

 Show ("A Garden to Celebrate"), 

 Connecticut Expo Center, Hartford; 

 860-529-2123 



26 Fifth Annual Ecological 

 Landscaping Association Winter 

 Conference ("Ecology and the Man- 

 aged Landscape"), Holiday Inn, 

 Boxborough, MA; Nancy Askin at 

 978-897-7490 



March 



2-4 Second Annual New England 

 Regional Turfgrass Conference 

 AND Show (NERTCS), Rhode Is- 

 land Convention Center, Provi- 

 dence; 401-848-0004 

 4 Thompson School Horticulture 

 Curriculum Green Job Fair, 

 Strafford Room, Memorial Union 

 Building, UNH, Durham, NH; 

 Rene Gingras at 603-862-1097 

 5-7 Vermont Flower Show ("The 

 Wizard of Oz"), Sheraton Hotel 

 and Conference Center, Burlington; 

 802-244-5327 



10-14 Portland Flower Show, 

 Portland Company Complex, Port- 

 land, ME; 207-225-3998 

 1 1 Community Tree Conference 

 ("Storms over the Urban Forest"), 

 UMass, Amherst; Dennis Ryan at 

 413-545-6626 



13-21 New England Flower Show 

 ("Artistry in the Garden"), Bayside 

 Exposition Center, Boston, MA; 

 617-536-9280 



17 Perennial Plant Conference, 

 Bishop Center, University of Con- 

 necticut, Storrs; Mark Brand at 

 860-486-2930 

 17 Massachusetts Aborists Asso- 



ciation Seminar with Dr. Alex 

 Shigo, Rolling Green Inn and 

 Conference Center, Andover, MA; 

 508-653-3320 



17 New Hampshire Landscape As- 

 sociation Spring Conference, 

 Barton Hall, University of New 

 Hampshire, Durham; 1-800-639-5601 



18 Advanced Green School Work- 

 shop, "Developing a Turf and Land- 

 scape IPM Plan," Bridgewater, MA; 

 413-545-0895 



18-21 Eighth Annual New Hamp- 

 shire Orchid Society Show 

 ("Spring into Orchids"), Nashua 

 National Guard Armory, Daniel 

 Webster Highway, Nashua, NH; 

 Joanna Eckstrom at 603-654-5070 



25 Pruning Fruit Trees Workshop, 

 Belchertown, MA; 413-545-0895 

 26-27 29th Annual University of 

 New Hampshire Greenhouse Open 

 House, Plant Biology and Thomp- 

 son School Greenhouses, UNH, 

 Durham; Alan Eaton at 603-862-1734 

 26-28 Seacoast Flower, Home, 

 and Garden Show ("Classic Coun- 

 try Gardens"), Whittemore Center, 

 UNH, Durham; 603-356-7750 



26-29 Fifth Annual Breath of 

 Spring Flower Show ("Flowers 

 Over the Rainbow"), Cheshire Fair- 

 grounds Arena, Keene, NH; Steve 

 Curtin at 603-355-6335, ext. 161 

 27 Little Royal Livestock Show, 

 University of New Hampshire, 

 Durham; Laurie Chapman-Bosco 

 at 603-862-1019 



April 



8-11 Bangor Flower Show, 

 Bangor Auditorium, Bangor, ME; 

 207-947-5555 



8-11 New Hampshire FFA State 

 Convention, Waterville Valley; 

 Dave Howell at 603-862-1760 

 16 UNH-FFA Interscholastics 

 Career Development Events, 

 Thompson School, UNH, Durham; 

 603-862-1760 



Departments 



3 FROM THE BOARD 



7 FORUM 



8 NEW HAMPSHIRE NEWS 



13 ELSEWHERE IN THE NEWS 

 25 DIAGNOSTIC LAB 



Dr. Cheryl Smith 

 28 ALL ABOUT HERBS 



Tanya Jackson 

 Features 

 19 Building a Sustainable 



UNH Campus 



John Hart 



20 The Web: Is It for You? 

 Deb Brewer 



21 MEMBER PROFILE 

 Gillyflower Glen 



23 An Attractive Problem; 

 A Growing Concern 

 Diane E. Yorke 

 Columns 

 17 THE GREEN SPOT 



Mike Cherim 

 24 PIONEER POINTERS 



Credits: Cover photograph detail: 

 Bob Parker; page 7: quilt, 

 "Robbing Peter to Pay Paul," 

 ca. 1850; page 13: floral design 

 from Christies, 1929; back cover: 

 quilt, "Robbing Peter to Pay Paul," 



The Plantsman is published in early February, 

 April, June, August, October, and December 

 with copy deadlines being the first of each prior month. 

 While camera-ready ads are preferred, set-up assistance 

 is available at a nominal fee. Free classified advertising 

 is offered as a member service. We will carry a short 

 message (no artwork or logos) for one or two issues of 

 The Plantsman. 



For further information, please contact the editor: Robert 

 Parker at the UNH Research Greenhouses, Durham, 

 NH 03824, 603-862-2061 ; or PC Boi 5, Newfields, NH 

 03856, 603-778-8353. 



FEBRUARY / MARCH 1999 



