CALENDAR 



CONTENTS 



February 



17 Green \ndusiry \ob Fair, Putnam 

 Hall, UNH, Durham, NH; lohn Hart 

 at 603-862-1091. 



18 \ntregrated Pest Management (IPM) 

 'Workshop, Longfellow's Greenhouse, 

 Manchester, ME; )ames Dill at 

 207-581-3879. 



18 VAPH Annual Winter Meeting, 

 Holiday Inn, Rutland, VT; Connie 

 Gardner at 802-253-8565. 



19-22 The Rfiode Island Spring Flower 

 and Garden Show ("Century in 

 Bloom "I, Rhode Island Convention 

 Center, Providence, Rl; Nancy Syme 

 at 1-800-766-1670. 



19-22 The Seventeenth Annual Connecticut 

 Flower and Garden Show ("Watch Us 

 Grow'l, Connecticut Expo Center, 

 Hartford, CT; 860-529-2123 



20 IPM VJorkshop, Vermont Techni- 

 cal College, Randolph Center, VT; 

 Margaret Skinner at 802-656-5440. 



27 Ecological Landscaping Association's 

 Winter Conference, Holiday Inn, 

 Boxborough, MA; Nancy Askin at 

 978-897-7490. 



March 



3-5 New England Regional Turf 

 Conference, Providence, Rl; Contact 

 NERTCS at 401-848-0004. 



5 Perennial Plant Conference, Bishop 

 Continuing Education Center, 

 University of Connecticut, Storrs, 

 CT; Tim Abbey at 860-345-4511. 



7-15 New England Flower Show 

 ("Gardening Lifestyles"), Bayside 

 Exposition Center, Boston, MA; 

 617-536-9280. 



10 Community Tree Conference, 

 Stockbridge Hail, UMass, Amherst; 

 Dennis Ryan at 413-545-6626. 



11-15 Portland Flower Show ("Poetry 

 in the Garden"), Portland Company 

 Complex, Portland, ME; 207-225-3998. 



13-15 Vermont Flower Show, Sheraton 

 Burlington Conference Center, 

 Burlington, VT; 802-253-8565. 



16 Workshop: "Computer Applications 

 and WWW for Ornamentals Firms," 

 (sponsored by UNH Cooperative 

 Extension), Cole Hall, UNH, 

 Durham, NH; Nancy Adams at 

 603-679-5616. 



17 Workshop: "Computer Applications 

 and WWW for Ornamentals Firms," 

 College of Lifelong Learning, 

 Lebanon, NH; 603-679-5616. 



18 New Hampshire Landscape 

 Association Spring Conference, 

 Thompson School, UNH, Durham, 

 NH; Guy Hodgdon at 1-800-639-5601. 



20-23 "The Breath of Spring" Flower 

 Show ("Flowers in Wonderland"), 

 Cheshire Ice Arena, Keene, NH; 

 Steve Curtin at 603-355-6335, ext. 161. 



22 FTDA Wedding Design Show and 

 Hands-on Workshop with Ned Davis, 

 Carbone's, Bedford, NH; Betty 

 Covey at 603-893-4578. 



23 Workshop: "Computer Applications 

 and WWW for Ornamentals Firms," 

 Plymouth State College, Plymouth, 

 NH; 603-679-5616. 



25 UNH Greenhouse Facility Tour, 

 Durham, NH, sponsored by NH 

 Chapter, New England Wild Flower 

 Society; Anne Moore at 603-964-1982. 



27-28 UNH Greenhouse Open House, 

 Thompson School and Plant 

 Biology Greenhouses, University 

 of New Hampshire, Durham, NH; 

 Otho Weils at 603-862-3208. 



27-29 Seacoast Flower, Home and 

 Garden Show ("Country Gardens"), 

 Whittemore Arena, UNH, Durham, 

 NH; 603-356-7750. 



27-29 Flower, Home and Garden 

 Show, Whittemore Arena, UNH, 

 Durham, NH; 603-356-7750. 



April 



3 (tentative) UNH-FFA 

 l«(ersc/iolfls((cs Career Development 

 Events; Thompson School, UNH, 

 Durham, NH; Dave Howell at 

 603-862-1760. 



3-5 Bangor Garden Show, Bangor Au- 

 ditorium, Bangor, ME; 207-947-5555. 



24 Arbor Day 



24-26 Seventh Annual New Hampshire 

 Orchid Society Show, Nashua 

 National Guard Armory, Daniel 

 Webster Highway, Nashua, NH; 

 loanna Eckstrom at 603-654-5070. 



May 



8-18 Canadian Tulip Festival, Ottawa, 



Ontario, and Hull, Quebec; 613- 



567-5757. 



Departments 



3 From the Board 



George Timm 



5 Forum 



6 New Hampshire News 



9 Elsewhere In the News 



17 Member Profile: 



Sunflower Industries 



23 How About Herbs 



Tanya ]ackson 



27 Diagnostic Update 



Dr. Cheryl Smith 



Features 



15 Promoting Ornamental 

 Horticulture 



Beth Simpson 



16 1997 Inspection Summary 



Siegfried Thewke, Tom Durkis 

 & \on ]anis 



12 The Green Spot 



Mike Cherim 



25 Pioneer Pointers 



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Cover 



WINTER TRACKS: White-tailed deer. 

 Eastern chipmunk, and red squirrel. 

 This page: Deer mice ^ ' ^ 



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 April, June, August. October, and December 

 with copy deadlines being the first of each prior 

 month. While camera- ready ads are preferred, set- 

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FEBRUARY .MARCH . 1998 



