WELCOME NEW MEMBERS! 



A Growing Concern 



36 North Road 

 Danburv, NH 03230 



A. P. Home Nursery 

 300 D. W. Highway 

 Bedford, NH 03110 



Bay Farm Nursery 

 400 Newingcon Road 

 Newington, NH 03801 



Belknap Nursery, Inc. 

 104 Lily Pond Road 

 Gilford, NH 03246 



Blue Star Peat Moss 



PO Box 22 



Coaticook, Quebec J1A2S8 



Bobcat of New Hampshire 



PO Box 496 

 Epsom, NH 03234 



Brennan Sales, Inc. 

 PO Box 427 

 Scarborough, ME 04070 



Ckxjk House Gardens 



Box 54, RED #1 

 Bamstead, NH 03218 



Great Meadows Enterprises 



15 Stoney Hill Road 

 Goffstown, NH 03045 



Grower Direct Farms 



164 Hampden Road 

 Somers, CT 06071 



Herbs & Thyngs 



PO Box 1357 



Center Harbor, NH 03226 



Hill's Florist & Nursery 



PO Box 128 

 Intervale, NH 03845 



Pawtuckaway Nursery Corp. 

 PO Box 733 

 Epping, NH 03042 



Pierson Nurseries, Inc. 



24 Buzzel Road 

 Biddeford, ME 04005 



Richard D. Smith Co. 



PO Box 42 

 Wyckoff, NY 07481 



Rickey & Sons 



PO Box 223 



Gilmanton Iron Works, NH 03837 



Rolling Green Landscape 



PO Box 4093 

 Portsmouth, NH 03802 



Spring Hill Garden Center 



1269 Boston Road 

 Ward Hill, MA 01835 



Stewart's Nursery 



Millers Falls Road 

 Turners Falls, MA 01376 



The Conrad Pyle Company 



372 Rose Hill Road 

 West Grove, PA 19390 



Three Seasons Landscaping 



PO Box 1082 

 Contoocook, NH 03229 



Wageman Insurance Company 



1217 Elm Street 

 Manchester, NH 03101 



Willow Pond Nursery 



130 Bedford Road 

 Merrimack, NH 03054 



Cover Illustration : Lindsay Engel 



Ms. Engel is a fourth-grader at Maple Wood School in Somersworth, NH. 



She is a member of Ms. Bodner's 3 & 4 grade class. 



Although she likes drawing rowers, her favorite subject is pigs. 



Design: Joni Doherty Design Studio 



INSIDE 



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FORUM 



CALENDAR 



FROM THE BOARD 



Retail Florist: Endangered Species? 



Paul Godbout 



7 

 NH NEWS 



8 

 NEWS FROM ELSEWHERE 



13 



Twilight Meeting — 



Thinking About Christmas 



in October 



15 



Management of Whitefly 



on Poinsettia 



Dr. Stanley R. Suiier 



17 



KATHAN GARDENS 

 Old Fashioned Quality 



21 



A View from the Road 

 Nancy Adams 



25 



Promoting Your Business 



With a Special Event 



Tina Sawtelk 



27 



Dwarf Astroemeria — 



A Primer 



Phil Gardenier 



The Planisman is published in early February', 

 April, June, August, October, and 

 December with copy deadlines being the 

 5th of each prior month. While camera- 

 ready is preferred, set-up assistance is avail- 

 able at a nominal tee. Free classified adver- 

 tismg IS offered as a member ser%'ice. We 

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For further information, please contact 

 the editor: Robert Parker at the UNH 

 Research Greenhouses, EXirham, NH 

 03824, (603)862-2061; or PO Box 5, 

 Newfields, NH 03856, (603)778-8353. 



October/November 1991 



