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surer), Carolyn Meehan, Leslie van 

 Berkum, and )ohn Bryant. The board 

 met on January 25 and made finish- 

 ing touches on the scholarship appli- 

 cation form, which has been distrib- 

 uted to the Thompson and Stock- 

 bridge schools 



The purpose of the scholarship is 

 to recognize superior horticultural 

 and scholastic achievement. Appli- 

 cants must have completed two se- 

 mesters of full-time college-level 

 study, have at least a 3.0 GPA, and 

 be under 28 years of age on Decem- 

 ber 31 of the year in which they ap- 

 ply. Applications can be obtained 

 from iohn Hart at 603-862-1091; the 

 deadline is May first. The first schol- 

 arship (of $1,000.00) will be pre- 

 sented at the NHLA dinner meeting 

 in October. 



The fund currently has a principle 

 of $15,000.00. This is being placed in 

 CDs and the interest is being used 

 for scholarships. This means that we 

 can award one $750-to-$1500 scholar- 

 ship every two years. 



Donations to the fund would be 

 used to enlarge the principle, which 

 would enable us to award larger 

 scholarships more often. This is a 

 good cause. As a professor at Th- 

 ompson School, 1 see first-hand what 

 an impact a scholarship can have. 

 More and more students are paying 

 their own way and the money can 

 make their education a richer experi- 

 ence — it allows them to work less 

 and spend more time on schoolwork, 

 buy the books they really need, and 



Welcome New Members! 



BRIAN CRESSV 



PO Box 637 



Hopkinton, NH 03229 



DEERFIELD GARDENS 



37 South Road 

 Deerfield, NH 03037 



ELF'S GARDEN CENTER 



296 Walnut Street 



Rochester, NH 03867 



NEW ENGLAND COMPOST 



(Derrick Walcott) 



327 Main Street, Apt. 8 



Nashua, NH 03060 



PHILLIPS FARM PRODUCE 

 256 Laconia Road 

 Tilton, NH 03276 



eat something other than macaroni 

 and cheese. All donations of any size 

 would be gratefully received and 

 should be sent to Dana M. Sansom, 

 180 Norris Road, Pittsfield, NH 03263. 



New Address for 

 Extension Specialists 



As some of you may know. Plant Bi- 

 ology and extension are leaving 

 Nesmith Hall for the New Biological 

 Sciences Complex, made up of the 

 new Biological Sciences Building and 

 the Spaulding Life Sciences Building. 

 As of May 28, all Extension special- 



ists will be in Spaulding Life Sci- 

 ences. According to Bill Lord, offices 

 will be on either side of the hall just 

 off the main entrance, so the only in- 

 convenience will be in getting to the 

 building itself (which doesn't seem 

 to have nearby parking). Phone num- 

 bers should remain the same. 



Books Recommended 



Mike Lowe (Lowe's Roses in Nashua) 

 recommends two recently published 

 books to New Hampshire growers. 

 Gallka Roses by Susan Vernier (Capa- 

 bility Press) is of interest because all 

 Gallica roses are hardy here. Another 

 is Encyclopedia of Roses by )udith 

 McKeon (Rodale Press). McKeon is 

 the director of the Morris Arboretum 

 in Philadelphia and the information 

 may be more attuned to the mid-At- 

 lantic states, but it offers a lot of 

 good technical information — land- 

 scape uses, culture, disease, propa- 

 gation, preparation of beds. Mike 

 sees the book as "not deep, but a 

 book the professional could recom- 

 mend to the amateur." A good book 

 for garden center operators to know 

 about. 



Mike Lowe operates Lowe's Own 

 Root Roses, 6 Sheffield Road, 

 Nashua, NH 03062. For other book 

 recommendations, he can be reached 

 at 603-888-2214 Mike was recently 

 elected Yankee District (New En- 

 gland) Director of the American Rose 

 Society and we offer him our con- 

 gratulations. 



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