LINDA 



February 



7-9 NH Farm & Forest Exposition, 

 The Center of New Hampshire 

 Holiday Inn and Convertion Center. - i 

 For information: call Donna or Zib 

 at (603)271-3552. 



11-14 The 46th Annual Pennsylva- 

 nia Nurserymen and Allied Indus- 

 tries Conference. Hershey Lodge 

 and Convention Center, Hershey, 

 PA. For information: Denise R. 

 Calabrese at (717) 238-1673. 



15-16 The 5th Annual National 

 Landscape Architecture and Design 

 Symposium on the Environment. 

 Holiday Inn, Bethesda, MD; 8:30 

 a.m. to 5 p.m. both days. For 

 information on exhibitor booths and 

 registration: Sandra Lerner at (301) 

 652-1212. 



16-18 Conference on Insect and 

 Disease Management on Ornamen- 

 tals. Stouffer Concourse Hotel, 

 Denver, Colo. For information: 

 Nancy Lawler, Society of American 

 Florists; (800) 336-4743. 



19 Second Annual Greenhouse Cut 

 Flower Workshop. Lori Student 

 Center, Colorado Stat« University, 

 Fort Collins, Colo. For infonnation: 

 K. L. Goldsberry; (303) 491-7019; fax 

 (303)491-4895. 



28 Vermont Plantsmen's Association 

 Annual Meeting. Woodstock, VT. 

 For information: Charlie Prout at 



(802)425-2877. 



March 



6-10 Granite State Garden and 

 Flower Show, National Guard 

 Armory, Canal Street, Manchester, 

 NH. For information: Ginny Grand 

 Pre' at (603) 446-7866. 



9-16 The Boston Flower Show. 

 Bayside Exposition Center, Boston. 



14-15 New England Landscape 

 Exposition, The Center of New 

 Hampshire Holiday Inn and 

 Convention Center, Manchester, 

 NH. For further information call 

 Guy Hodgdon at (207)439-5189. 



15-17 Fifth Annual Seacoast Area 

 Flower and Landscape Show, 

 National Guard Armory, Ports- 

 mouth, NH. For information: 

 Brenda Schure at( 603) 436-0815. 



April 



5-6 University of New Hampshire 

 Greenhouse Open House. Plant 

 Biology and Thompson School 

 Greenhouses, Durham, NH. For 

 information: (603) 862-3205. 



June 



14-16 WF&FSA (Wholesale 

 Florists and Florist Suppliers of 

 America) Trade Show. Orange 

 County Convention/Civic Center, 

 Orlando, Florida. For information: 

 (703)241-1100 



August 



22 Griffin Greenhouse Supply 

 Open House. Tewksbury, Mass. 

 For information: (508) 851-4346. 



Credits 



Design: Jom Doherty Design Studio 

 Cover drawing by Mark Crispi 



INSIDE 



FROM THE BOARD 



3 



TILLANDSIAS 



A Plant Collection 



That Won't Interfere with Profits 



Peter Corey 



4&5 



NEW HAMPSHIRE NEWS 



10 & 11 



ELSEWHERE IN THE NEWS 



Tips from the Griffin Guru 



Minutes 



Classifieds 



14 



The Fax Boom of the 90's 

 Margaret J. Pratt 



18 



PROFILE 

 Newton Greenhouses: 



The Beauty 

 of Practical Solutions 



23 



The Hemlock Wooly Adelgid: 



Attracting Attention 



South of Our Border 



Robert D. Childs 



25 



Bedding Plant Season: 



It's Just Around the Corner 



Tina Saivtelle 



27 



Growing Media & Water pH: 



It Is Often Not 



What You Think It Is 



Paul A. King & Robert Eikhof 



The Planlsman is published in early 

 February, April, June, September, Oc- 

 tober, and December with copy dead- 

 lines being the 5th ofeach prior month. 

 While camera-ready is preferred, as 

 set-up assistance is available at a 

 nominal fee. Free classifiesd advertis- 

 ing is offered as a member service We 

 will carry a short message (no artwork 

 or logos) for one or two issues of The 

 Planlsman. 



AD SIZE 6x Ix 



3 3/8" w a: 2 3/81i $120 $30 



3 3/8" w X 4 7/8"h $160 $40 



7" w I 2 3/8"h $160 $40 



7" w a: 4 7/8"h $250 $50 



7" w .r 10 "h $400 $100 



For further information, please con- 

 tact the editor: Robert Parker at the 

 UNH Research Greenhouses, Durham, 

 NH 03824, (603)862-2061 ; or PO Box 5, 

 Newfields, NH 03856, (603)778-8353. 



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