CALENDAR 



CONTENTS 



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January 



5 Greenhouse IPM Workshop, Long- 

 fellow's Greenhouse, Manchester, ME; 

 Margaret Skinner at 802-656-5440 



6 Greenhouse IPM Workshop, 

 UNH, Durham, NH; 802-656-5440 

 6-7 New England Tree Fruit Meet- 

 ing AND Trade Show, Sturbridge 

 Host Hotel and Conference Center, 

 Sturbridge, MA; Bill Lord at 603- 

 862-3203 



7 Greenhouse IPM Workshop, 

 UVM, Burlington, VT; 802-656-5440 



12-13 Connecticut Nurserymen's 

 Association Annual Meeting and 

 Trade Show, Radisson Hotel, 

 Cromwell; 203-445-0110 



W 13 New Hampshire Plant Grow- 

 ers Association/New Hampshire 

 Landscape Association Winter 

 Meeting, Highlander Hotel, Manches- 

 ter; Tim Wolfe at 603-893-5858 

 19 Maine Landscape and Nursery 

 Association (MeLNA) Trade Show; 

 Sheraton Tara, South Pordand; Edith 

 Ellis at 207-225-3998 

 19-20 Rhode Island Educational 

 Meeting, Annual Meeting, and 

 Trade Show, Doubletree Hotel, Goat 

 Island, Newport; 1-800-758-9260 

 28-30 New England Grows! Hynes 

 Convention Center, Boston, MA; 

 508-653-3009 



February 



5 MeLNA Recertification Work- 

 shop; Falmouth Country Club, 

 Falmouth, ME; 207-225-3998 

 5-6 Farm and Forest Exposition 

 ("Celebrate a Century of Agriculture 

 and Forestry Progress"), Center of 

 New Hampshire Holiday Inn and 

 Conference Center, Manchester, NH; 

 Susan Rice at 603-271-3788 

 9 Second Annual Stockbridge 

 School Job Fair, Campus Center, 

 UMass, Amherst, MA; 413-545-2222 

 16 Symposium on Mycorrhizae, 

 Stockbridge Hall, UMass, Amherst, 

 MA; Kathleen Carroll at 413-545-0895 

 16 Vermont Small Fruit and Veg- 

 etable Growers Meeting, Holiday 

 Inn, Rutland; Scott Pfister or Jon 

 Turmel at 802-828-2431 



17 Seminar: "Nutrient Management 

 in the Nursery and Landscape," con- 

 currently in Amherst and Bridgewater, 

 MA; Kathleen Carroll at 413-545-0895 

 1 7 Vermont Association of Profes- 

 sional Horticulturalists Winter 

 Meeting, Holiday Inn, Rutland; Scott 

 Pfister at 802-828-2431 

 18-21 Sixth Annual Rhode Island 

 Spring Flower and Garden Show 

 ("Gardens of the Future"), Rhode Is- 

 land Convention Center, Providence; 

 Nancy Syme at 1-800-766-1670 

 18-21 Eighteenth Annual Connecti- 

 cut Flower and Garden Show ("A 

 Garden to Celebrate"), Connecticut 

 Expo Center, Hardbrd; 860-529-2123 

 26 Fifth Annual Ecological Land- 

 scaping Association Winter Confer- 

 ence ("Ecology and the Managed Land- 

 scape"), Holiday Inn, Boxborough, 

 MA; Nancy Askin at 978-897-7490 



March 



2-4 Second Annual New England 

 Regional Turfgrass Conference 

 and Show (NERTCS), Rhode Island 

 Convention Center, Providence; 

 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 



Departments 



3 FROM THE BOARD 

 5 FORUM 



7 NEW HAMPSHIRE NEWS 

 1 1 ELSEWHERE IN THE NEWS 

 Features 



19 New Varieties Abound 

 David Giurle 



20 Native Notes: Witch Hazel 

 Nancy Surette 



21 MEMBER PROFILE 

 Eagle Mountain Evergreens 



23 Thyme for Tea 



Tanya Jackson 

 26 Tax Laws That May Affect You 



Theresa Murphy 

 Columns 

 9 KIWI CORNER 



Paul Fisher 



15 Z NOTES 

 Jim Zablocki 



17 PIONEER POINTERS 

 25 THE GREEN SPOT 

 Mike Cherim 



Credits Front cover, pages 19, 23, 

 and back cover; illustrations by John 

 Tenniel from Alice's Adventures in 

 Wonderland and Through the Looking 

 Glass by Lewis Carroll. Page 20, 

 illustration by L.E. Partelow; page 22, 

 illustration by J. Elton Lodewick; 

 both from Trees of Northeastern 

 United States by H.P. Brown. 



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 arc preferred, set-up assistance 

 is available at a nominal fee. Free classified advertising 

 is offered as a member service. Wc 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, 603-862-206 1 ; or PC Box 5, Ncwfields, NH 

 03856, 603-778-8353. 



1998 . JANUARY 1999 



