ELSEWHERE IN THE NEWS 



The 16th Annual 

 Symposium 



In early July, the Perennial Plant 

 Association's annual symposium 

 will be held in Boston, Massachu- 

 setts. Tours and activities will be 

 both in the city and in the sur- 

 rounding area. 



The symposium itself is on July 

 7-9, but tours on Monday, July 6, 

 include "New Hampshire," "Mar- 

 keting and Retailing," "Boston 

 Private Gardens," and "Arnold 

 Arboretum and Mt. Auburn Cem- 

 etery." (Each is all-day; you can 

 only choose one.) 



The New Hampshire tour in- 

 cludes Uncanoonuc Mountain Pe- 

 rennials Goffstown), Van Berkum 

 Nursery (Deerfield), and Bedrock 

 Farm (Lee), as well as Newbury 



Perennial Gardens in Byfield, 

 Massachusetts. 



Symposium speakers include 

 Bill'Cullina, New England Wild 

 Flower Society ("New Ideas in 

 Wildflower Propagation"); Leslie 

 and Peter van Berkum ("How We 

 Operate our New Hampshire Nurs- 

 ery"); Kris Fenderson, Acworth, NH 

 ("Hardy Primulas"); Wayne 

 Winterrowd, North Hill, Reads- 

 boro, VT ("Embellishing the Bor- 

 der with Unusual Annuals"); and 

 Steven Still, Ohio State University 

 ("Cultivar Names, Plant Patents, 

 and Trademarks — What Do They 



Mean?"). This is only a sampling. 



And on Friday and Saturday, 

 there are tours to the west and 

 south of the city. 



For more information (preregis- 

 tration is required by June 20), 

 contact the Perennial Plant Asso- 

 ciation, 3383 Schirtzinger Road, 

 Hilliard, Ohio 43026; the phone 

 number is 614-771-8431; fax, 614- 

 876-5238. 



1997 New England 

 Greenhouse Conference 

 Grant Awards 



The NEGC has awarded the fol- 

 lowing grants: 



Dr. Douglas Cox, UMass, Amherst, 

 "Manganese toxicity to marigold 

 and how it is affected by calcium 





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