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The Rhode Island Nurserymen's As- 

 sociation (RINAI recently pledged 

 $80,000 to the University of Rhode 

 Island's capital campaign The gift in- 

 cludes $30,000 in products and labor 

 to be used to complete the sustain- 

 able landscape gardens behind URI's 

 Cooperative Extension Center in 

 Kingston. The remaining $50,000 will 

 establish an endowment, the interest 

 on which will be used to maintain 

 the gardens 



For information about the gardens 

 and about RINA's "Bark Mulch Pro- 

 gram," a fund-raiser which generates 

 much of the money used by RINA for 

 research, scholarships, and publicity, 

 call Ken Lagerquist at 508-76 1 -'52bO. 



The Maine Landscape & Nursery As- 

 sociation and the Horticulture De- 

 partment at the University of Maine 

 at Orono is presenting a joint "First 

 Annual Field Day" on the Orono 

 campus on August lb Included are 

 "tours of the trial gardens and the 

 new research plots, vendors, work- 

 shops, equipment demonstrations, 

 and resource information Some fun 

 and crazy competitions will lighten 

 the day" 



Pre-registration fee of $9 00 gets 

 you a box lunch. For information (if 

 no longer about this year, perhaps 

 about next), contact Paul Cappiello, 

 UMO, 5722 Deering Hall, Orono, ME 

 04469-5722; phone: 207-581-2918 



?f 

 Of the more than 700 bills filed in 

 the Massachusetts Legislature this 

 year, one particular bill caught the 

 eye of the MNLA Legislative Com- 

 mittee. It was a simple bill that 

 read, "Section 9b of Chapter 143 of 

 the General Laws, as appearing in 

 the 1992 Official Edition, is hereby 

 amended by adding at the end 

 thereof the following: The provisions 

 of the state building code shall ap- 

 ply to greenhouses covered exclu- 

 sively with plastic film" 



On April 10th, after considerable 

 lobbying by the MNLA, the Local Af- 

 fairs Committee reported the bill to 

 the full legislature as "ought not to 



pass." This action effectively killed 

 the bill for this year and, should the 

 sponsor refile the bill next, the pro- 

 cess will start with a previously es- 

 tablished precedent working against 

 its success. 



(from the Massachusetts Nursery & Landscape 

 Association Nursery News, April, 19Q5|. 



Canada Origin Labeling 

 Rule Officially Proposed 



(from American Association of 

 Nurserymen Update, May 1, 1995). 



Canada's Department of Finance pro- 

 posed new country-of-origin rules on 

 April 15. When finalized, these would 

 require that nursery stock and other 

 items imported into Canada bear 

 country-of-origin (such as "Product of 

 USA") marking. This could be in the 

 form of tags, labels, stickers, etc., that 

 meet NAFTA guidelines 



The rules are expected to become 

 finalized by mid-August. For informa- 

 tion, call Craig Regelbrugge at AAN; 

 the phone number is 202-789-2900, 



Plants For America 

 Defeated 



Garden Council Chief Executive Of- 

 ficer Gary Mariani has announced 

 the results of the Plants for America 

 promotion order survey that was 

 conducted by Ernst & Young during 

 March, 1995: 35,888 growers were 

 surveyed by fax or mail; 8,796 bal- 

 lots were returned. However, 833 

 were invalid for various reasons 

 (some were photocopied; others 

 were from segments of the industry 

 not allowed to vote), 237 arrived af- 

 ter the March 24 deadline, and 585 

 were returned for invalid address Of 

 the 7,141 correct responses (around 

 20 percent of the ballots sent out), 

 85 percent were against the pro- 

 posed national promotion campaign 



The Garden Council will discon- 

 tinue all Plants for America promo- 

 tion efforts. It will review its charter 

 and mission concerning national ad- 

 vertising and comply with the direc- 

 tive of its supporters and members. 



For information, contact the Gar- 

 den Council, 10210 Bald Hill Road, 



Mitchellville, MD 20721 The phone 

 number is 301-577-4073 



1996 AARS Winners 



"There's a rose for every gardener in 

 this year's group of winners," says 

 Larry Burks, President of All-America 

 Rose Selections, Inc. 



Carefree Delight' is a landscape 

 shrub rose blooming profusely on up- 

 right arching canes of dense dark 

 green foliage spreading up to five feet. 

 Clusters of up to ten buds open into 

 five-petaled two-inch blossoms of car- 

 mine pink with creamy white centers. 

 It's highly resistant to mildew, rust, 

 and blackspot. House of Meilland is 

 the hybridizer; Conard-Pyle, the intro- 

 ducer 



'Livin' Easy' is a floribunda produc- 

 ing ruffled apricot-orange blooms with 

 approximately two dozen petals per 

 flower. It has medium-long stems suit- 

 able for cutting, glossy bright green fo- 

 liage with excellent black spot resis- 

 tance, and a mild fruity scent. Hybrid- 

 ized by lack Harkness, Weeks Rose is 

 the introducer 



The five-inch flowers of 'St. Patrick' 

 are distinguished by unusual color: 

 chartreuse buds unfurl slowly (unusual 

 among yellow roses) to reveal a yel- 

 low-gold flower with shades of green. 

 This vigorous hybrid tea has long, up- 

 right stems and unique grey-green foli- 

 age Introduced by Weeks roses, 'St. 

 Patrick' was hybridized by Frank Strick- 

 land, one of the few amateurs ever to 

 win the AARS award. 



'Mt. Hood' is a grandiflora growing 

 upright to about five feet, with clus- 

 tered three-inch ivory-white flowers 

 releasing a medium old rose scent. 

 Deep glossy green foliage and a full 

 branching habit add to the attractive- 

 ness. Hybridized by Sam McGredy IV, 

 it is being introduced by Certified 

 Roses, Inc 



These winners will be available to 

 gardeners in spring, 1996, but nurser- 

 ies, garden centers, and mail order 

 suppliers should order early Contact 

 All-America Rose Selections, Inc., Selz, 

 Seabolt & Associates, Inc., 221 North 

 LaSalle Street, Chicago, Illinois bObOl; 

 telephone: 312-372-7090 



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