CALENDAR 



August 



15 Seventh Anttual Plant Sale, 

 The Fells, Newbury, NH; 

 603-763-4789. 



16 Third Annual Rockingham 

 County Open Farm Day; informa- 

 tion and itinerary: 603-679-5616. 

 19 Vermont Association of Profes- 

 sional Horticulturalists (VAPH) 

 Summer Meeting and Trade Shoiv, 

 Trapp Family Lodge, Stowe, VT; 

 Scott Pfister at 802-224-5327. 



26 Massachusetts Certified 

 Horticulturalists (MCH) Day, 

 Mount Auburn Cemetery, Cam- 

 bridge, MA; the MNLA office 

 at 413-369-4731. 



September 



9 Connecticut Greenhouse Growers 

 Association (CGGA) "Evening at 

 the Greenhouse," Grower Direct, 

 Somers, CT; 203-261-9067. 



16 New Hampshire Landscape Asso- 

 ciation Twilight Meeting, Gold Star 

 Sod Farm and Nursery, Canter- 

 bury, NH; 1-800-287-4716. 



18-October 4 Eastern States 

 Exposition, 1305 Memorial Ave., 

 West Springfield, MA; 413-737-2443 

 (in NH, Sally Barney at 

 603-862-2199). 



25 New Hampshire Day, Eastern 

 States Exposition. 



October 



2 Green Industry Demonstration 

 Day (to acquaint high school 

 students with school programs) 

 Stockbridge School of Agricul- 



ture, UMass, Amherst, MA; 



413-545-2222. 



3 Hay Day: A Family Open House, 

 The Fells, John Hay National 

 Wildlife Refuge, Newbury, NH; 

 603-763-4789. 



7-9 National Lawn and Garden 

 Trade Show, Fort Washington 

 Expo Center, Fort Washington, 

 PA; 203-847-9599. 

 7-10 International Plant Propagators 

 Society Eastern Regional Meeting, 

 Toronto, ON, Canada; Margot 

 Brigden at 860-429-6818. 

 8-10 International Plug Conference; 

 Kissimmee, FL; 630-208-9080. 

 19-21 New England Greenhouse 

 Conference, Centrum Centre, 

 Worcester, MA; Henry Hunting- 

 ton at 603-435-8361. 

 24 Fall UNH-FFA Interscholastic 

 Career Development Event, Univer- 

 sity of New Hampshire, Durham, 

 NH; David Howell at 603-862-1760. 

 28-31 Association of Specialty Cut 

 Flower Growers National Conference 

 and Trade Show, Raleigh, NC; 

 216-774-2887. 



November 



4-6 ERNA's Expo Fall '98, Atlantic 

 City Convention Center, Atlantic 

 City, NJ; 1-800-376-2463. 



17 MNLA/UMass Business Short 

 Course, Holiday Inn, Boxboro, 

 MA; 413-369-4731. 



18 CGGy4 "Evening at the Green- 

 house," DeVylder Florist, 

 Cheshire, CT; 203-261-9067. 



Departments 



3 FORUM 



6 NEW HAMPSHIRE NEWS 

 9 ELSEWHERE IN THE NEWS 

 27 HOW ABOUT HERBS 



Tanya Jackson 

 Features 



16 PEONIES REDISCOVERED 

 Karen Cast 



18 NEW VARIETIES OF 

 CARNIVOROUS PLANTS 

 David Lane 



19 CONTINUITY: MOVING THE 

 BUSINESS INTO THE NEXT 

 GENERATION 



Kirk B. Leoni 

 21 MEMBER PROFILE 

 Bungay Jar: 

 Fanciful Habitat 



24 PLANNING MARKET 



STRATEGY 



Gail McWilliam 

 Columns 

 12 THE GREEN SPOT 



Mike Clierim 



14 Z NOTES 

 Jim Zablocki 



20 PIONEER POINTERS 



Cover 



The lily pond, Bungay Jar; 

 photograph by Rick Raymond 



The Plantsman Is published In early February, 

 April, |une, August, October, and December 

 with copy deadlines being the flist of each prior 

 month. While camera-ready ads are preferred, set- 



classified advertising Is offered as 



service. We will cany a short message (no artwork 



or logos) for one or two Issues of The PUuttsman. 



For further Information, please contact the editor 

 Robert Parker at the UNH Research Green- 

 houses, Durham, NH 03824, 603-862-2061; or PO 

 Box S, Newflelds, NH 03856, 603-778-8353. 



A LI GUST. SEPTEMBER. 1998 



