CALENDAR 



October 



OCTOBER 17-19 New 

 England Greenhouse 

 Conference, Sheraton 

 Sturbridge Inn, 

 Sturbridge, MA; for infor- 

 mation: Henry Hunting- 

 ton at (603) 435-8361. 



OCTOBER 23 FTD Districl 

 l-C Meeting, Newton 

 Greenhouse, Newton, 

 NH; for information: 

 Debra Defreze at (603) 

 474-3020. 



OCTOBER 27 \oint Meet- 

 ing-. New Hampshire Land- 

 scape Association and GSLA, 

 Cat and Fiddle, Concord, 

 NH; 1-800-639-5601. 



OCTOBER 29 UNH FFA Interscholastic 

 Contest, UNH, Durham, NH; for infor- 

 mation; Dave Howell at (603) 862- 

 1760. 

 November 



NOVEMBER 7 Vermont Plant Growers/ 

 Department of Parks & Forestry Seminar 

 "Community Tree Care Through an IPM 

 Approach," Vermont Technical College, 

 Randolph, VT; information: Tina Nyce 

 at {802) 899-3361. 



NOVEMBER 9-13 ■■From a Grower's 

 Perspective" — Association of Specialty Cut 

 Flower Growers' National Conference and 

 Trade Show, San lose, CA; for informa- 

 tion: (216) 774-2887. 

 NOVEMBER 12 Rhode \sland Nursery- 

 men's Association Tbth birthday Celebra- 

 tion, Doubletree inn, Newport, Rl; for 

 information: Ken Lagerquist at 

 (508) 761-9260. 



NOVEMBER 15-16 Massachusetts 

 Nurserymen's Association/Cooperative 

 Extension Business Short Course, Worces- 

 ter Marriott, Worcester, MA; informa- 

 tion: )ohn Bragg at (508) 534-1775. 



NOVEMBER 16 Mame Landscape & 

 Nursery Association Annual Meeting. 5 

 pm, Pine Tree Arboretum, Augusta, 

 ME; for information: Edith Ellis at 

 (207) 225-3998. 



December 



DECEMBER 5-6 Seminar "Tree Haz- 

 ards: The Ultimate Session" (Shigo & 

 Mattheck), Sturbridge Host Hotel, 

 Sturbridge, MA; information: iohn 

 Kirkland at (503) 254-0482— PST. 



W^^^ 



January 



•*■*'* lANUARY 18 New 

 Hampshire Plant Growers' 

 Association/New Hampshire 

 Landscape Association \oint 

 Winter Meeting, Granite 

 Street Bar & Grill, 

 Manchester, NH; for in- 

 formation: Peter van 

 Berkum at (603) 463- 

 7663. 



lANUARY 18-19 Connecti- 

 cut Nurserymen's Associa- 

 tion Winter 

 Meeting, Aquaturf, 

 Southington, 

 CT; information: (203) 

 872-2095. 

 JANUARY 26-28 New 

 England Grows, Hynes Convention 

 Center, Boston, MA; (508) 534-1775. 



February 



FEBRUARY 2-4 New Hampshire Farm 

 & Forest Exposifion, The Center of 

 New Hampshire/Holiday Inn, 

 Manchester, NH; information: Mary 

 Ellen Pitman at (603) 271-3788. 

 FEBRUARY 13-14 Rhode Island 

 Nurserymen's Association Education Day 

 & Trade Show, Doubletree Inn, New- 

 port, RI; (508) 761-9260. 

 FEBRUARY 22 Vermont Association of 

 Professional Horticulturalists Annual 

 Meeting, Holiday Inn, Rutland, VT; 

 (802) 899-3361. 



Looking Ahead 



1ULY8-12. 1995 Ohio International 

 Floral Short Course. Cincinnati, OH; 

 (614) 487-1117. 



JULY 15-16 Second Annual Seacoast 

 Garden Trail, Portsmouth, NH; for i 

 formation: Beth Simpson at (603) 

 436-2732. 



Aboat Our Cover 



Our cover illustration, "Habitus views, 

 variations of Harmonia axyridis" is 

 reprinted from the Field Guide to 

 Recently Introduced Species of Coccinetltdae 

 (Coleoptera) in North America, with a 

 Revised Key to North America Genera of 

 Coccinellint by Robert D Gordon and 

 Natalia Vandenberg; Proceedings of the 

 Entomological Society of VJashington, Vol- 

 ume 93, Number 4, December 1991 



'ONTENTS 



DEPARTMENTS 



FROM THE BOARD 



ELSEWHERE IN THE NEWS 



DIAGNOSTIC UPDATE 



Dr. Cheryl Smith 



MEMBER PROFILE 



Rockingham Acres 



WORTH REPEATING 



A Congenial Plant 



Summer Meeting 



Common Elements That 

 Build Success 



Sue Goulet 



Invasion of the Multicolored 

 Asian Lady Beetles 



|o;i« S, Weaver 



When Is a Door not a Door? 



Bob Normandeau 



THE GRIFFIN GURU 



Z-NOTES 



]im Zablocki 



HOW ABOUT HERBS 



Tanya ]ackson 



THE GREEN SPOT 



Mike Cherim 



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 April, |une, August, October, and December 

 with copy deadlines being the first of each 

 prior month. While camera-ready ads are pre- 

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 editor: Robert Parker at the UNH Research 

 Greenhouses, Durham, NH 03824, (603) 862- 

 206 1 ; or PO Box 5, Newfields, NH 03856, (603) 

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OCTOBER / NOVEMBER 1994 



