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• %'«■ TUESDAY, lUNE 18 NHPGA 

 Twiligftt Meeting 1 6pm), Lake Street 

 Garden Center, 37 Lake Street, 

 Salem, NH; for information: Frank 

 Wolfe at 603-893-5858. 



JUNE 21-22 Eighth Annual Pocket Car- 

 dens Tour, South Church, Portsmouth, 

 NH; information: Elizabeth Fischer at 

 603-743-2940. 



JUNE 22 Orchid Symposium, Tower 

 Hill Botanical Garden, Boylston, MA; 

 information: Joanna Eckstrom at 

 603-654-5070. 



JUNE 22 NH Rose Society Show, 1-4 

 pm. Barton Hall, UNH, Durham, NH; 

 Bill Prince at 603-868-9610. 



JUNE 23 Open House (benefit: NH 

 Rose Society), Lowe's Roses, 6 

 Sheffield Road, Nashua, NH; Mike 

 Lowe at 603-888-2214. 



JUNE 23 Garden Party & Art Show, 

 The Fells, John Hay National Wildlife 

 Refuge, Newbury, NH; information: 

 603-763-4789. 



]uly 



JULY 10 Connecticut Nurserymen's 

 Association Summer Meeting, Clinton 

 Nurseries, Clinton, CT; 860-872-2095. 



JULY 20 Tour of New London Gardens 

 (starting point: New London Histori- 

 cal Society), New London, NH; 603- 

 763-4789. 



JULY 22 New Hampshire Landscape 

 Association (NHLA) Twilight Meeting, 5:30 

 at the Science Center of NH, 

 Holdemess, NH; 1-800-639-5601. 



JULY 24 Massachusetts Nursery & Land- 

 scape Association Summer Meeting, Heri- 

 tage Plantation, Sandwich, MA; Rena 

 Sumner at 413-369-4731. 



August 



AUGUST 3-4 Mount "Washington Valley 

 Garden Trail; Margo Ellis at 603-367- 

 8587. 



■•** THURSDAY, AUGUST 8 New 

 England Nurserymen's Association/New 



Hampshire Plant Growers' Association/New 

 Hampshire Landscape Association joint 

 Summer Meeting, Dell-Lea Country 

 Club, Chichester, NH; Bill Stockman 

 at 603-569-5056. 



AUGUST 13 Massachusetts Certified 

 Horticulturist Exam, Eastern Agriculture 

 Center, Waltham, MA; Rena Sumner 

 at 413-369-4731. 



AUGUST 15 Rhode Island Nurserymen's 

 Association Summer Meeting, Sakonnet 

 Vineyard, Little Compton, Rl; Ken 

 Lagerquist at 508-761-9260. 



AUGUST 17 Fifth Annual Plant Sale & 

 Rare Plant Auction, The Fells, Newbury, 

 NH; 603-763-4789. 



AUGUST 18 First Annual Rockingham 

 County Open Farm Day, information: 

 Nada Haddad at 603-679-5616. 



AUGUST 21 VAPH Summer Meeting, 

 Claussen's Florist & Greenhouses, 

 Colchester, VT; Jane Wilkening at 

 802-865-5072. 



AUGUST 23 Second Annual Maine 

 Landscape & Nursery Association (MeLNA) 

 Field Day, University of Maine, Orono; 

 Paul Cappiello at 207-581-2918. 



September 



WW* WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER I I 

 NHPGA Twilight Meeting, Murray Farms 

 Greenhouse, Penacook, NH; informa- 

 tion: Dave Murray at 603-753-6781 



SEPTEMBER 13-29 Eastern States Big 

 'E,' West Springfield, MA; mailing 

 address: 1305 Memorial Ave., W. 

 Springfield, 01089; phone: 413-737- 

 2443. 



SEPTEMBER 21 Granite State Land- 

 scape Architects (GSLA) All-day Charrette, 

 Russ Martin Park, Concord, NH; 

 information: Bill Hoffman at 

 603-735-5827. 



October 



OCTOBER 21-23 New England Green- 

 house Conference, Sturbridge Host Ho- 

 tel & Conference Center, Sturbridge, 

 MA; information: Henry Huntington at 

 603-435-8361. 



Users & Providers: 

 A Beginner's Guide 

 to the Internet 



David Brock 



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Cover: "Victory Vegetable Garden" from 

 Mi/;s Seeds for Victory, 1943. "The Need for 

 Victory Gardens" from Murvon's Garden 

 Guide, circa 1943. 



The Plantsman Is published In early February, 

 April, June. August, October, and December 

 with copy deadlines being the first of each prior 

 month. While camera-ready ads are preferred, 

 set-up assistance Is available at a nominal fee. 

 Free classified advertising Is offered as a mem- 

 ber service. We will carry a short message (no 

 artwork or logos) for one or two Issues of The 

 Plantsman. 



For further Information, please contact the editor: 

 Robert Parker at the UNH Research Greenhouses, 

 Durham, NH 03824, 603-862-2061; or PO Box 5, 

 Newfields, NH 03856, 603-778-8353. 



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