CALENDAR 



FEBRUARY 



February 24 Veimont Plants- 

 men's Association Winter Meet- 

 ing, Holiday Inn, Rutland, VT: 

 Scott Pfister at (802] 244-7048. 

 February 25-28 Haitford Flower 

 Show, Civic Center, Hartford, 

 CT; for information: the Con- 

 necticut Nurserymen's Associa- 

 tion at (203) 872-2095. 



February 27 TTje 4th Annual Con- 

 necticut Organic Landscaping Confer- 

 ence, Naugatuck Valley Community- 

 Technical College, Waterbury, CT; 

 for information: NOFA/CT at 

 (203) 484-2445. 



February 28 "Grow Organic Food!" 

 — a Winter Conference for Farmers, 

 Gardeners, and Consumers, Nauga- 

 tuck Valley Community-Technical 

 College, Waterbuiy, CT: 

 (203) 484-2445. 



MARCH 



March 1-3 62nd Massachusetts 

 Turfgrass Conference and 17th Indus- 

 trial Show, Civic Center, Springfield, 

 MA (413) 549-5295. 

 March 6 NH Pesticide Applicator 

 Training Session, Fish & Game 

 Building, Rte. 3, Lancaster, NH; for 

 information: Faye Cragin at (603) 

 862-1169. 



March 6-14 Boston Flower Show, 

 Bayside Expo Center, Boston, 

 MA; for information: the Massa- 

 chusetts Horticultural Society at 

 (617) 536-9280. 



March 12-14 Seventh Annual 

 Seacoast Area Flower &) Land- 

 scape Show, the 'Old Channel 

 Building', Lafayette Plaza, Lafay- 

 ette Road, Portsmouth, NH; for 

 information: Brenda Schure at 

 (603) 436-0815. 



March 16-17 Third Annual New 

 England Landscape Exposition, Cen- 

 ter of New Hampshire Holiday 

 Lin &. Convention Center, Man- 

 chester, NH; for information: 

 Guy Hodgdon at 1-800-639-5601. 



March 19-21 Second Annual New 

 Hampshire Orchid Show, (AOS ap- 

 proved). Center of New Hampshire 

 Holiday Inn & Convention Center, 

 Manchester, NH; for information: 



Gordon LaBonte at (603) 627-5397. 

 March 27-28 FTD Region 1 Con- 

 vention, Newton, MA; for information: 

 Ray Savage at (603) 352-1155. 



APRIL 



April 2-3 Twenty-third Annual Uni- 

 versity of New Hampshire Greenhouse 

 Open House, Plant Biology and 

 TTiompson School Greenhouses, 

 Durham, NH; for information: 

 George Estes at (603) 862-3205. 



April 29 NHPGA Twilight 

 Meeting, 5:30 pm at Kathan 

 Gardens, Newport, NH; for 

 information: Dennis Kathan 

 at (603) 863-1089. 



JUNE 



June 16 NHPGA Ttvilight Meeting, 



Michaud's Nurseries & Greenhouses, 



Exeter, NH; for information: (603) 



772-3698. 



July 14 Connecticut Nurserymen's 

 Summer Meeting: (203) 872-2095. 



AUGUST 



August 3 Massachusetts Nursery- 

 men's Association Summer Meeting: 

 (508) 534-1775. 



August 5-8, American Association 

 of Nurserymen Convention, Dallas, 

 Texas; for information: (202) 789-2900 

 August 12 New England Nmseiy- 

 man's Association Summer Meet- 

 ing, for information: Virginia 

 Wood at (617) 431-1625. 

 August 18 New Hampshire Plant 

 Growers' Association Summer Meet- 

 ing, Eliot & Williams Roses, Dover, 

 NH; for information: Bob Demers, Jr., 

 at (603) 625-8298. 



August 18-19 Pennsylvania Land- 

 scape and Nursery Trade Show & 

 Conference, ExpoMart, Monroeville, 

 PA; for mformation: (717) 238-1673. 

 August 26 Eighth Biennial Griffin 

 Greenhouse and Nursery Supplies 

 Open House, Tewksbury, MA; for 

 information: (508) 851-4346. 



CONTENTS 



FROM THE BOARD 3 



Overwintering Containerized 

 Perennials 



Peter van Berkum 



EPA's Worker 

 Protection Standard 



Leo Traverse 



Why Grow Orchids? 



Emmet Ross 



Your Logo 



Tina Saivtelle 



MEMBER PROFILE 



New England Anemones 



Soil Testing 



as a Management Tool 



Tom Buob 



BOARD MEETING HIGHLIGHTS 32 



The Plantsman is published in early 

 February, April, June, August, October, 

 and December with copy deadlines being 

 the 5th of each prior month. While cam- 

 era-ready ads are preferred, set-up assis- 

 tance is available at a nominal fee. Free 

 classified advertising is offered as a 

 member service. We will carry a short 

 message (no artwork or logos) for one 

 or two issues of The Plantsman. 



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For further information, please conuct 

 the editor Robert Parker at the UNH 

 Research Greenhouses, Durham, NH 

 03824, (603)862-2061, or PC Box 5, 

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



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