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'Yow-to" Hintsjor May Gardeners Grow Your Dum "Great Pumpkin" Gardeners who have an interest in pumpkins specifically-and competi tion in general-should this month begin sowing the seeds that could lead them to produce the world's largest pumpkin. "Great pumpkin" growers may enter their gigantic squash in this year's World Pumpkin Weigh-Off, and win not only fame and glory, but also substantially large cash prizes. The Weigh-Off is spon sored by the World Pumpkin Confed eration, headquartered in Collins, New York, and will take place in Oc tober of this year in nine locations around the world. Last year, Bob Gancarz, grower of the gargantuan winning entry, which weighed in at a whopping 671 pounds, received a to tal of $4,000 in prizes. Now that you have all the inspira tion and incentive you need, here are a few practical tips from Wayne Bob Gancarz and his brother Ed, shown here with Bob's record-setting 671-pound Hackney, Eastern States Champion pumpkin, dominated the World Pumpkin Weigh-Off in Collins, New York. Pumpkin Grower, and Peter's Profes sional® Plant Food: Plant seeds one-half inch deep with Pumpkins need plenty of water, Begin at the beginning; choose the pointed end of the seed facing but they can make their water last a seed with the best genetic potential. down. A grow light placed six inches long time. A deep soaking once The World Pumpkin Confederation from the seedlings will produce every five days, after which water has one cultivar available that has sturdy plantS in about 10 days. penetrates at least one foot into the proved itself: 'Dill's Atlantic Giant'. Fertilize potted seedlings within soil, is usually enough. Start seeds indoors in peat pots filled the first three weeks of emergence. Some special tips for prize with sterile potting soil, and keep Fertilizers with high levels of phos winning pumpkins include making temperatures at around 80 to 85° F. phorous, such as a 15-30-15 blend, sure the plant is growing in full sun will help promote healthy root light, spacing plants 16 to 20 feet growth. For starting seedlings, use apart, picking all pumpkins that de one teaspoon fertilizer per gallon of velop on the vine except one you water at each watering; once in the have singled out when it reaches the garden, plants can utilize one to 1V2 size of a soccer ball, and cutting off American tablespoons per gallon of water on a roots that grow on the bottom of weekly basis. the vine near the pumpkin (left un Horticulturist When the third leaf starts to ap trimmed, the roots create a tension VOLUME 66 NUMBER 5 pear, the plants are ready to go out that may split the vine as the pump PUBLICATIONS DIRECTOR, Barbara W. Ellis. EDITOR, side. Before transplanting, be sure kin grows). A. Brooke Russell. ART DIRECTOR, Rebecca K McClimans. ASSOCIATE EDITOR, Brian C. Little. PRODUCTION your soil is suitable. Sandy loam with Further tips on combating pests ASSISTANT, Lynn M. Lynch. ASSISTANT TO THE EDITOR, a pH of 6.5 is ideal, but any soil can and diseases may be gleaned from Manha Palermo. MEMBERSIIIP DIRECTOR, Sallie Hutcheson. ADVERTISING, Cindy Weakland. be conditioned with large amounts your local Cooperative Extension Address all editorial correspondence to: The Editor, of compost, peat moss, and com Agent or directly from the World American Horticulturist. American Horticultural Society, Box 0105, Mount Vernon, Virginla 22121. pacted cow manure (not fresh Pumpkin Confederation, 14050 AMERICAN HO RTICULTURIST, ISSN 0096-4417, is published manure-it will burn the plants). Gowanda State Road, Collins, monthly by the American Hon iculrural SOCiety, 7931 East Boulevard Drive, Alexandria, Virginia 22308, 703·768·5700. Loosen the soil in a 20-foot circle, to NY 14034. And, if after all your hard Dues for membership in the Society Start at $25 per year, $1 2 a depth of one foot, before planting. work your pumpkin appears to be a of which is for AMERICAN HORTICULTURIST. Copyright ~ 1987 by the American Honiculrural Society. The Ame rican It is helpful to fence the garden with prizewinner, write to the World Honiculrural Society is a non-profit organization. burlap, plastiC, or plywood in order Pumpkin Confederation at the above Comributions are deductible for income tax purposes. Second-class postage paid at Alexandria, Virginia and at to break the wind. You may wish to address for further information on additional mailing offices. Postmaster: Please send Form install an electric fence if animals are entering the World Pumpkin Weigh 3579 to AMERICAN HO RTICULTURIST, Box 0105, Mount Vernon, Virginia 22121. a problem. Off.

2 • MAY 1987 Planting a n d an anti-transpirant to the foliage and Tra nsplanting Shrubs stems. (Anti-transpirants fo rm a coat ing to reduce the amount of mois It's that time of year again, when ture loss from the fo liage and stems, gardeners spring into action and joy thus preventing or reducing desicca ously begin to implement the plans tion, which in its turn can cause wilt that have been circulating in their ing, shock, and even death.) These winter-weary heads for months. The steps should help the plant recover weather has fi nally stabilized; it's from the stress due to the move. planting ti me. In order to ensure that When preparing to plant the the shrubs they put in the ground shrub, carefully remove it from its will also stabilize, gardeners should container. If its roots have begun to follow a few simple steps during the wind in circles (a response to being transition time between the nursery cramped in the container), gently un and the home planting site. roll them with your hands before Two of the most serious problems placing the shrub in the ground. Or, encountered at this ti me are overex if there are no major feeder roots, posure to the sun, and excessive gently loosen the outer two inches of moisture loss. If shrubs are bought at fibrous roots with your hands or a an indoor garden center, or at a dull knife. This will reduce compact nursery where plants are kept in ing of soil around the roots, release semi-shade, they should not be feeder or fibrous roots, and promote moved into direct sunlight immedi healthy, outward growth. Continue to ately. Rather, they should be left pot water your shrub two or three times ted or balled and burlapped, and a week until fa ll. Apply an anti placed in a shady, protected spot. transpirant every two months or Gradually move them into the sun so, if necessary. over a period of a week or two. If If you're planning to move estab fertilizers on the same vegetables you eat? Now you can grow even you notice that new plants look lished shrubs, the main threats to life better vegetables and flowers with wilted or sick after a move, it may be and limb are loss of moisture and Ringer's Natural fertilizers. Using due to moisture loss. They are ac root damage. Again, the water short special organisms, enzymes and tually losing more moisture through age problem may be due to the organic material, our fertilizers will their foliage than they can absorb shrub losing more water through help you grow better tasting and more abundant vegetables and through their roots. There are a transpiration than it can absorb larger, more colorful blossoms. All number of things one can do to through its roots. The remedies are without harmful chemicals! combat this problem: give the shrub similar to those for newly acquired University proven. a thorough soaking up until about 24 plants: faithfully water, this time hours before planting, provide pro several weeks before the actual tection from strong winds, and apply move, and treat the foliage and stems

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AMERICAN HORTICULTIJRIST • 3 with an anti-transpirant. The anti transpirant should be applied as di rected, just befQre moving day. To avoid root damage, root prune sev ener's r eral months before you plan to trans plant. Simply spade around the shrub's drip line, making sure the roots are cleanly cut. This procedure will help promote the growth of in Checklist ner, fibrous roots, which increase nu trient uptake and form a more man he following are some gen ageable "ball. " Be sure to prune one eral tips from AHS horticultur third to one-half of the shrub's T:ists that will help you organize branches, in order to balance the de your thoughts and spruce up your creased rate of nutrient and water garden this spring. This column will uptake due to root pruning. When appear periodically in the months to you move the plant, dig about four come, so keep an eye out for it! inches beyond the dripline, where • If you have ever had problems you did your root pruning. This way, finding your spring-flowering bulbs you can be sure you've included the late in the season, or you have acci new roots the plant has developed. dently damaged them when planting After transplanting, water generously other plants directly over those bulbs throughout the summer. Apply an that have defoliated, you may appre anti-transpirant again in two or so ciate this advice: Label your bulbs months, if needed. now, before they can't be found. La There are several commercially beling can help you locate where available anti-transpirants on the mar items are in dormant seasons, and ket, including Wilt-Pruf, Cloud Cover, makes locating new plants and bulbs Vapor Gard, and Winter Shield. They a cinch. may be purchased from your local • Staking tall plants early in the sea nursery or garden center. son will help reduce fungal infec plant them this fall for new and ex tions, promote good growth patterns, citing appeal next spring. improve the plant'S evapotranspira • Use tree protectors (metal or plas tion rate, and can increase photosyn tic cylinders, or tape) at the base of Erratum thesis. Evapotranspiration is impor your young trees to protect them tant for maintaining the water against weed-eater and lawn mower The article "Vireya Rhododendrons ," balance in the plant; the rate of eva damage. Make sure the protectors al which appeared in the December potranspiration determines the rate low enough space for the tree to 1986 issue of American Horticultur of water uptake through the roots, grow--one-half to three-quarters of ist, contained some misinformation which iQ turn affects the plant's tur an inch of play is usually sufficient. that we would like to clear up. The gidity (rigidity). • When touring public gardens and article mentions that after a series of • Think about items in your yard arboretums, look for new and excit disasters, San Francisco's Strybing Ar and garden that will be going to seed ing combinations of contrasting foli boretum "surrendered to fate" and early in the season and take the op age, and notice unique color gave up trying to perpetuate its vi portunity to get a headstart in donat schemes. Take these ideas and incor reya stock. However, Sally Heumann, ing seed for next year's AHS Seed porate them into your own garden. a Director of the Strybing Arboretum Program. Because seeds mature at Map out a color scheme for your gar SOCiety, set the record straight. Ac different rates, be sure not to collect den and make a color chart for each cording to Heumann, the vireya col too soon. As a general rule, most month of the year. This will enable lection was rejuvenated and now seed is mature when its protective you to keep accurate track of the ka contains over 100 specimens growing covering dries and begins to split leidoscope of colors as your garden outdoors. The arboretum is continu open. The earlier AHS horticulturists changes from ·one range of colors to ing its efforts to rebuild the collec know what types of seed have been another. tion by creating new display gardens. donated, the more time they will • Early detection of pest problems Readers in the San Francisco area have to plan a good program for you. not only helps your plant's perform may be interested to know that pot • Now that summer is draWing near ance, it can also minimize your use ted vireyas will be available for pur and you have admired' many different of pesticides. Pests like bagworms, chase this year at the arboretum's an spring-flowering bulbs in other gar beetles, and caterpillars can be con nual plant sale on May 1st and 2nd. dens, don't forget which flowers trolled by hand picking. For informa The Strybing Arboretum is open caught your eye. Take a moment to tion on the application of chemical from 8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. on week make a note on your garden pad, or pesticides in your immediate area, days, and from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. on in your AHS Garden Diary, to order contact your local Agricultural Exten weekends and holidays. these bulbs for your garden. Plan to sion Agent. - AHS Horticulturists

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s you may well imagine, the River Farm gardens are glo A rious during the months of May and June. Roses, the perennial borders, and the oxeye daisies in the wildflower meadow are absolutely gorgeous in May. June brings magnif icent displays of daylilies and lilies. If you have the opportunity to visit us during this time, please do, and en joy the beauty and serenity of spring and early summer at River Farm. You might want to take the time to make a note on your calendars about the following AHS activities. Unless otherwise indicated, all events will be held at the AHS headquarters, River Farm, 7931 East Boulevard Drive, Alexandria, Virginia, which is just off the George Washington Me The River Farm grounds staff has been morial Parkway, at the ArcturuslEast hard at work this spring regrading and Boulevard Drive Exit, midway be reseeding the Ballroom Yard lawn and improving the borders and adjacent tween Old Town Alexandria and Shade Garden. Mount Vernon. Telephone: (703) 768-5700. . perts will be on hand to answer your AHS 42nd Annual Meeting. May gardening questions. Also, water gar 12-16 Omni Park Central Hotel, 870 dening demonstrations will be held, Seventh Avenue at 56th Street, New many different types of plants (some York City. This year's meeting pro quite unusual) will be offered for gram includes behind-the-scenes sale along with gardening books and tours of the New York Botanical and gardening items, arts and crafts will the Brooklyn Botanic Gardens; spe be available, and refreshments may cial visits to horticultural showplaces, be purchased and enjoyed as you innovative community gardens, excit wander around our beautiful ing indoor plantings, and private gar grounds overlooking the Potomac. o Please send me a Free Catalog. dens; lectures; and a session on Cen The entrance fee will be '$2 for AHS o Please send me Mammoth Dar tral Park and the Olmsted legacy. members, and $3 for non-members. win Hybrids/lOO. Two optional day-long tours will in Children under 12 will be admitted o Payment enclosed $ ___ clude visits to Planting Fields Arbore free. o Charge to: tum, Old Westbury Gardens, Wave Daylily/Lily Day. June 27, 10 a.m.- o Master Card 0 Visa Hill, the PepsiCo Sculpture Garden, 4 p.m. This will be the third year for Exp. Date ______and to Pocantico Hills, the magnifi this popular event. Our day lily dis Act. No. ______cent Rockefeller estate, which is play of over 100 cultivars represents Name ______rarely opened to the public. a joint effort of the American Horti Address ______Spring Festival at River Fann. May cultural Society and the American City ______31, 11 a.m.-4 p.m. This annual spring Hemerocallis Society. Our lily collec State ______Zip __ event continues to grow more excit tion has over 150 lilies, which are ing each year. The National Capital planted and tended by AHS and the Area Federation of Garden Clubs' North American Lily Society. Both District II Flower Show will be held daylily and lily experts will be pres Stillbrook Farm during the festival. Numerous plant ent to answer questions. The en Maple Street, 307-R, Litchfield, CT 06759 societies will stage exhibits, and ex- trance fee will be $1 for AHS mem-

6 • MAY 1987 bers, $2 for non-members. Children any of these activities, please write or under 12 will be admitted free. call me at the Society. If you have any questions or -Sharon Barnes, would like more information about Public Relations Director

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May 1-3 bration of Heritage Roses, US National Landon Azalea Garden Festival Arboretum, 3501 New York Avenue, NE, 6101 Wilson Lane, Bethesda, Maryland. Washington, DC 20002, (202)475-4857 Hours: 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Admission: $4. May 27-31 Information: Pam Murdock, Landon Conference: "Interaction 87" Azalea Garden Festival, 6101 Wilson Lane, Bethesda, MD 20816, (301)229-9326. University of British Columbia, Vancou ver, Be. Registration: $125; $140 after May 2 March 15th. Information: Geri Barnes, Wilmington Garden Day UBC Botanical Garden, 6501 NW Marine Greater Wilmington area, Wilmington, May 17-20 Drive, The University of British Columbia, Delaware. Hours: 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Ad American Rose Society Spring Vancouver, BC V6T lW5, (604)228-3928. mission: $12. Information: Mrs. Virginia Convention May 28 Hunter, 604 Mt. Lebanon Rd., Wilmington Charlotte, North Carolina. Information: Garden Celebration DE 19803, (302)478-5878. Charlotte ARS Convention, clo Mrs. Ruth Kluttz, 1833 Graybark Avenue, Charlotte, William Paca House and Garden, Annapo May 2-3 NC 28205, (704)536-1088. lis, Maryland. Hours: 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Wildflower, Plant, & Seed Sale AdmiSSion: $20. Information: Elaine Reed, The Brandywine River Museum, US Rt. 1, May 20-22 Factotum, William Paca Garden, 1 Martin Chadds Ford, Pennsylvania. Hours: 9:30 Chelsea Flower Show St., Annapolis, MD 21401, (301)267-6656 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Information: The Bran Chelsea, England. Hours: 8 a.m. to 8 p.m. or 269-060l. dywine Conservancy, PO Box 141, (RHS Members' private view: May 19th, 8 May 31 Chadds Ford, PA 19317, (215)388-7601 or a.m. to 8 p.m.) Information: The Royal AHS Spring Festival at River Farm 459-1900. Horticultural Society, Box 313, Vincent River Farm, 7931 East Boulevard Dr., Square, London SW IP 2PE England. May 6-7 Alexandria, Virginia. Hours: 11 a.m. to Plant Sale May 21-23 4 p.m. Admission: Members, $3; non members, $2. Information: Sharon Graham Visitors' Center, Washington Park Landscape Design Course Barnes, The American Horticultural Soci Arboretum, Seattle, Washington. Hours: College of Design, Iowa State University ety, PO Box 0105, Mount Vernon, VA Wednesday, 12 noon to 7 p.m. ; Thursday, Campus, Ames, Iowa. Co-sponsored by 22121, (703)768-5700. 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Information: Arboretum The Federated Garden Clubs of Iowa, Foundation, U. of W., XD-I0, Seattle, WA Inc., the Department of Landscape Archi June 6 98195, (206)325-4510. tecture and Community Planning, and the Lectures: 19th-Century Horticulture Iowa Cooperative Extension Service. In Roseland Cottage, On the Common, May 9-10 formation: Mrs. Charles Packer, 2125 West Woodstock, Connecticut. Hours: 9:30 a.m. Herb & Perennial Weekend Main Street Rd., Marshalltown, IA 50158, to 4 p.m. Registration: $20. Information: Wrenwood Nursery, Berkeley Springs, (515)752-5041 Charlene Perkins Brown, Woodstock West Virginia. Information: Wrenwood, Common, PO Box 1846, Woodstock, CT Route 4, Box 361 , Berkeley Springs, WV May 23 06281 , (203)928-4074. 25411 Horticulture Exposition Roseland Cottage, Route 169, On the June 6 May 11-15 Common, Woodstock, Connecticut. Secret Garden Tour Mexican Society for Horticultural Hours: 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Admission: Newport, Rhode Island. Hours: 10 a.m. to Science Congress Adults, $2.50; Senior Citizens and Chil 4 p.m. Admission: $8 in advance; $10 the Irapuato, Guanajuato, Mexico. Informa dren under 12, $1.25; Children under day of the tour. Information: Benefactors tion: Dr. Jose L. Barrera, Univ. de Guana five, free. Information: Charlene Perkins of the Arts, 33 Washington St. , Newport, juato, Esckuela de Agronomia y Zootec Brown, Woodstock Common, PO Box RI 02840, (401)847-0514. nia, Apartado Postal 311 , Irapuato, 1846, Woodstock, CT 06281 , (203)928- Guanajuato, Mexico. 4074. June 11 Lecture: "Growing Roses in the City" May 12-16 May 23 Horticultural Society of New York. Time: AHS Annual Meeting Baltimore Herb Festival 7 p.m. Admission: $5. Information: law New York, New York. Information: Eliza Leakin Park, off Rt. 70, Baltimore, Mary rence Lee, The Horticultural Society of beth Smith, AHS, PO Box 0105, Mount land. Hours: 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. Admission: New York, 128 West 58th Street, New Vernon, VA 22121, (703)768-5700. $2. Information: Baltimore Herb Festival, York, NY 10019, (212)757-0915. 2301 Pickwick Rd. , Baltimore, MD 21207, May 14-16 (301)448-0406. June 12-14 Symposium: "The Garden: Rooms The American Peony Society Annual Outside" May 27 Meeting Raleigh, North Carolina. Information: A Celebration of Heritage Roses for Kingwood Center, Mansfield, Ohio. Infor Daniel Ellison, Mordecai Square Histori Use & Delight mation: The American Peony Society, 250 cal SOCiety, Inc., 1 Mimosa Street, Raleigh, US National Arboretum. Registration Interlachen Rd., Hopkins, MN 55343, NC 27604, (919)834-4844. deadline: May 15th. Information: A Cele- (612)938-4706.

8 • MAY 1987 June 13 Plant Sale New England Wild Flower Society, Inc., Hemenway Road, Framingham, Massachu setts. Hours: 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Informa tion: Barbara F. Pryor, Publicity Coordina tor, Garden in the Woods, Hemenway Rd. , Framingham, MA 01701 , (617)877- 7630 or 237-4924. June 19-21 I Conference: "More Than Nine Lives" I Hardy Plant Society of Oregon, Miller I Hall, World Forestry Center, Portland, Or I egon. Information: Connie Hanni, 33530 A TRULY I SE Bluff Rd ., Boring, OR 97009, (503)663- DRAMATIC EXPERIENCE I 9201. FOR YOUR PLANTS·LlQUlD June 20-28 CONCENTRATE, GUARANTEED RESULTS I Rose Festival JUNGLE JUICE (2-5-4) for fantastic foliage I Boerner Botanical Gardens, Milwaukee growth and super green . I County, Wisconsin. Hours: 9:30 a. m. to GRANNY'S BLOOMERS (0-6-5) ZERO nitrogen I 8 p.m. Information: Nell Schneider, and special trace for abundant african violet I Friends of the Boerner Botanical Gar blooms, you won't believe your eyes. dens, 5879 South 92nd St. , Hales Corners, CACTUS JUICE (1-7-6) For outstanding I WI 531 30, (414)529-1870. specimens and helps promote flowering. I FLOWER CRACKER (1-6-5) For Impatiens, I June 21-25 Orchids, Bromeliads, Geraniums, all flowering International Symposium on Genetic plants . I Manipulation of Woody Plants &oz. bottle makes 12 gals. capful measure. I Michigan State University, East LanSing, $3.85 ppd. Any 4·602. btls., $11.85 ppd. I Michigan. Information: James W. Hanover, Free catalog write I Department of Forestry, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI 48824. Dept. AHS n Clarel Deerfield, IL 60015 VI LaboratO ri es Inc June 25-27 Convention: "Roses Around the World" PaCific Northwest District of the American Rose SOCiety, Sheraton Hotel, downtown Tacoma, Washington. Information: Mary INTRODUCING . .. Rae Mattix, Public Relations Committee, 120 North Barner Drive, Centralia, WA 98531 , (206)594-1260.

June 25-28 North American Lily Society Show & Symposium Portland, Oregon. Information: Dick Mal pass, Pacific Northwest Lily SOCiety, 10804 N.W. Ave., Vancouver, WA 98685, (206)573-6969

June 27 DaylilylLily Day River Farm, 7931 East Boulevard Dr. , Alexandria, Virginia. Hours: 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Admission: Members, $2; non members, $1. Information: Sharon Barnes, American Horticultural SOCiety, PO Box 0105, Mount Vernon, VA 22121 , (703)768-5700...... "'·_&~,z::.v ... 5 Teak Garden Boxes July 1-4 American Gloxinia & Gesneriad Society Annual Convention Teak garden boxes for indoor or outdoor use. Call or write for details. The Landmark at Metairie, New Orleans, Ask for our "Gifts for Gardeners" catalog. Louisiana. Information: George Wagues pack, Registrar, AGGS Annual Convention, 4801 First St. N., Dept. A, Arlington, VA 22203 334 Halsey Dr., Harahan, LA 70123. liade Inquiries Welcomed 703-528-8773

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These beautiful, ~, scissors are sculpture to its Scented Garden for mond Gross. made to last a lifetime. In production the Blind. The sculpture consists of Both the scented garden and the ::~ __-==~~fo~r 0~ve~r;300 years. For delicale \ flowerworX. several bronze bells designed by ar bell sculpture were made possible jJ~==::;;;;;;;;~~~~~~or heavy pnuning Very Sharp, A hardworking beauly. tist Paulo Soleri and a free-form sup through gifts from Mrs. E. F. Zimmer Send $6.00 ea. Mt Rushmore Supply porting structure that was a collabo- man of St. Louis. The Scented Gar Box 233 Brooklyn NY 11222-0233 den was completed in 1983 and is designed especially for the Visually impaired. Plants with strong fra THE CIVIC GARDEN CENTRE grances and interesting textures are in abundance, creating a strong sen in sory stimulus that is further en TORONTO hanced by a shell fountain, and now by the bell sculpture. The growth and development of PRESENTS gardens like this one reflect both a burgeoning interest in the use of THE SECOND GREAT GARDENING CONFERENCE horticulture as therapy, and the in Friday, October 16 - Sunday, October 18, 1987 creasing creativity of horticultural therapists. Such enthusiasm is inspir Speakers include: ing! If you would like further infor mation on this particular scented gar Penelope Hobhouse, Raymond Evison, Jim Archibald, den, write the Missouri Botanical Chris Grey-Wilson, James van Sweden, Stephen Lacey, Garden, P.O. Box 299, St. Louis, MO Allen Lacy, Pamela Harper, Allen Paterson 63166. For information on how to start or further develop your own For details write:- The Civic Garden Centre horticultural therapy program, write 777 Lawrence Avenue East the National Council for Therapy and Don Mills, Ontario M3C 1P2 Rehabilitation through Horticulture, Phone 1-416-445-1552 9220 Wightman Road, Suite 300, Cost (lunches included) $125.00 Gaithersburg, MD 20879.

10 • MAY 1987 Horticultural Catalogue This year, the month of March $2.00 marked the centennial of the passage .. ~\)LES of/jU of the Hatch Act, which established the system of state agricultural exper n.,..J (301) 363-1371 t'<)') iment stations that serve different re gions of the country. Experiment Sta '"V THINK SPRING IN SPRING 'J' tions fall under the jurisdiction of the WHEN YOUR NEEDS ARE SHOWING! United States Department of Agricul ORDER BEFORE JULY 8th FOR ture (USDA), and are linked to land grant universities in various states. BETTER BULBS. BETTER CHOICES. BETTER PRICES They were created as research facili wide variety of Springflowering Bulbs - Fall Planting ties, to gather information on, among other things, the hows and whys of 112 Green Spring Valley Road. Owings Mills, Maryland 21117 plant growth; new cultivars; and dis ease, insect and weed control. Spe cialized branch experiment stations and substations exist in some states, in order to provide more exact infor mation to people living in the area served.

The Cooperative Extension Service, which relies on the experiment sta tions for much of its information, is a little-known but longstanding re source available to gardeners. Estab lished by the Smith-Lever Act of 1914, the service operates under the Lilypons Water Gardens jurisdiction of the USDA, and is a joint effort on the part of that agency, !BE.9in !J0U~ watE.~ 9adw today with a ..fH!Jpon~ l2ataf09uE. the county government, and a land fwtu~i129 pa9E. aftE.~ pa9E. of bwutifu{ wate.~ {ifiE.1-, {ot u~ , b09 grant college or university. Extension p{anh, fi~h, ~tatua7.!J' and thE. E.HE.l2tiaf~ fo~ ku.Pi129 it af{ wo~ki129 Agents distribute fact sheets, circu lars, and bulletins containing valua t09E.thE.~. ble and current horticultural infor JVo pool? {!f!LOO~E. a fibE.~laH o~ gJ

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AMERICAN HORTICULTURIST • 15 ment: A Teaching Manual, a 498- New Publications page mimeographed book used in teaching garden center management • Gardens of England and to college students.) Copies of the Wales. Every horticulturist traveling condensed manual may be obtained in England and Wales should keep by sending a check for $5, payable to this guidebook, which is published the University of Delaware, to Dela annually by The National Gardens ware Cooperative Extension, Town Scheme, tucked under his or her send Hall, University of Delaware, arm. Contained within it is informa Newark, DE 19717. Copies of the tion on nearly 2,000 gardens, includ will also have access to a seed bank, teaching manual may be purchased ing 1,750 privately owned gardens offering an easy way to obtain un from the same address for $20. not normally open to the public. The usual houseplants at a good price. To gardens are listed by county, and the subscribe, send a check or money • Healthy Harvest-A Directory book provides a wealth of descriptive order for $7.50 (U.S. dollars in the of Sustainable Agriculture and information, including directions to United States; Canadian dollars in Horticulture Organizations 1985. each garden, types of plants to be Canada) to Enterprises HortiCom This directory, edited by Susan]. found, admission price, and dates of enr., 1449 Ave. William, Sillery, Que Sanzone, lists over 300 organizations opening. Information on the Royal bec, Canada GIS 4G5. dedicated to "preserving and expand Gardens and the Royal Horticultural ing resource-en chancing, spiritually Society's Flower Shows in 1987 also • Garden Center Management: fulfilling, and economically feasible is included. The book may be ob A Basic Guide. We at AHS have re food production and distribution." tained by sending an international ceived many letters in recent months It includes addresses, and in some money order for $7 to The National indicating a growing interest in start cases descriptions, of agriculture and Gardens Scheme, 57 Lower Belgrave ing nursery and garden center busi horticulture training institutions, re Street, London SWI W OLR. nesses. This 39-page, spiral-bound search institutes, development pro publication is designed for entrepre grams, political organizations, appro • Houseplant Forum. For those neurs with such an interest. Twenty priate technology institutes, and gardeners who enjoy bringing the subject areas, covering the basic facts sustainable agriculture design out-of-doors into their home, this needed to start or continue operating groups. Information is arranged in new houseplant newsletter will be an a garden center, are addressed in various convenient forms, ranging invaluable asset. The emphasis of the one- to four-page chapters. Chapters from an alphabetical listing of organi newsletter is on plants and tech include "History, Nature and Distri zations to both a subject index and a niques that can be used by the aver bution of the Industry," "Selecting a geographical index. Potomac Valley age hobbyist in the average- and Site," "AdvertiSing," "Computer Press, publishers of this directory, often less than ideal-indoor garden Usage," "Sources," and "Shipping." plan to update it periodically in or ing situation. Each 14-page issue will References are listed at the end of der to expand its scope and make it be illustrated with black-and-white each chapter for readers who want as inclusive as possible. To order this line drawings and diagrams, and will in-depth information on the subject, book, send $6.95 per copy (including contain regular articles on different and a list of information sources is postage and handling) payable to plant groups, insects, and diseases, as included at the end of the manual. "Healthy Harvest," to Potomac Valley well as a column where readers' (This manual is actually a condensed Press, 1424 16th Street N.W., Suite questions are answered. Subscribers version of Garden Center Manage- 105, Washington, D.C. 20036.

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