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SEMINARS, 

 CONFERENCES.... 



A First 



The first Urban Integrated Pest 

 Management conference in New 

 England for companies and govern- 

 mental and private agencies Inter- 

 ested in IPM will be held on Octo- 

 ber 13 In Marlborough, Massachu- 

 setts. 



The conference, sponsored by 

 the New England regional office of 

 the EPA, includes presentations on 

 turf, golf course, ornamental, and 

 structural 1PM. panel discussions, 

 and discussion sessions "designed 

 to answer questions about the 

 meaning of 1PM In various green in- 

 dustry and related professions, and 

 how we can educate the public 

 about IPM ■ 



Conference co-sponsors Include 

 UMass Cooperative Extension, Mas- 

 sachusetts Department of Food and 

 Agriculture, and the Biotechnology 



Center of Excellence For registra- 

 tion information, contact Kathleen 

 Carroll at (413) 545-4968 



Biology Meets Physics 



"For the first time in the United 

 States, the world's premier tree bi- 

 ologist will share the stage with a 

 German physicist to give what may 

 be the most complete picture of 

 tree hazards ever presented to 

 American audiences " 



The seminar, titled "Tree Haz- 

 ards: the Ultimate Session," will 

 join Dr Alex Shigo with physicist 

 Claus Mattheck at the Sturbrldge 

 Host Hotel from 9 am to 4 pm on 

 December 5 and 6. 



ShIgo will examine the trees 

 biological system and how it ad- 

 justs to stress; Mattheck, from the 

 Institute for Material Research In 

 Karlsruhe, Germany, will discuss 

 trees as physical structures and the 

 laws that determine how long and 

 under what pressures they can re- 



main standing 



ShIgo said that he and Mattheck 

 had been aware of each other's re- 

 search for years, but didn't meet 

 until last September when both 

 were invited to share the stage at 

 a symposium in Sweden. 



"Oddly enough, a lot of people 

 thought we would be in opposition 

 to each other. This was not the 

 case. Our research complemented 

 each other's work; it was the best 

 of all worlds." 



The program Is being produced 

 by Tree Care Educators in coopera- 

 tion with the Massachusetts Ar- 

 bonst Association. The cost Is $98 

 per day, or $176 for both. (Massa- 

 chusetts Arborlst Association mem- 

 bers will receive a 10 percent dis- 

 count.) 



To register or ask for more infor- 

 mation, contact |ohn KIrkland at 

 Tree Care Educators, Portland, Or- 

 egon, at (503) 254-0482. 



Newton Greenhouse 



32 Amesbury Road, Newton, NH 03858 

 603-382-5289 



Quality Plants 

 green and flowering 



from 3" to 10" pots 



Holiday, bedding planLs, & dish gardens 



year round cut snaps, 



cut tulips and iris in season, 



gloxinias and African violets 



Licensed propagator 

 of Mikkelsen & Ecke New Guinea Impatiens 



Cabeente 



"The Qeranium Specialists" 



Wholesale Growers 



2 1/2" Geraniums (year round) 



4" Pre-finished Geraniums 



2 1/2" Ivy Geraniums &. Fuchsia 



Martha Washington Geraniums 



Spring Hanging Baskets, LiUes/Bulbs 



Azaleas, Cyclamen, Poinsettias, Foliage 



JOHN B. CARPENTER, Presidem 

 ROBERT j. CARPENTER, General Manager 



603/659-3391 



220 SOUTH MAIN STREET 



NEWMARKET, NH 03857 



AUGUST /SEPTEMBER 1994 



