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<strong>AHS</strong> <strong>Region</strong> 2/Great Lakes Newsletter<br />
This and That, from<br />
<strong>AHS</strong> to <strong>Region</strong>al<br />
Topics<br />
opics<br />
SWIDS Point System<br />
(continued from page 44)<br />
points for the previous year gets first choice, etc. When<br />
the asset plants are brought back after two years for<br />
auction, members use the same previous year’s points<br />
to bid on these plants. One point is worth $1.00. They<br />
may also use cash if they wish.<br />
There are other requirements that must be met in order<br />
to receive asset plants. The SWIDS member must<br />
be an <strong>AHS</strong> member and must have accumulated a minimum<br />
of 60 points during the previous year.<br />
The “point system” has been very successful. Members<br />
are eager to volunteer and take a more active part in<br />
club functions. Everyone can earn points in some way<br />
if they choose. If members are physically unable to<br />
perform labor such as digging, they can earn points by<br />
providing refreshments, donating door prizes or<br />
through contributing in a number of other activities.<br />
If you would like more details on the point system, contact<br />
Don or Lea Ann Williams at 812-922-5288 or<br />
drw@dynasty.net. We would be happy to help your<br />
club set up a similar system for your asset plant distribution.<br />
Black Swamp Hosta and Daylily Society<br />
Projects for the 21st Century<br />
opics (Continued)<br />
Northern Grown wn Daylilies and Growing Daylilies<br />
Hydroponically<br />
(continued from page 29)<br />
will involve spraying the hydroponic TC plants with growth<br />
regulators to induce plant multiplication or change ploidy.<br />
He feels many new fascinating daylily happenings are on<br />
the horizon, whether achieved by genetic engineering, genegun<br />
technology, chemical mutants, or radiation (gamma, x-<br />
ray, etc.). Mr. Doorakian believes we need national/regional<br />
testing of all daylily introductions along with a hardiness<br />
rating being assigned.<br />
Mr. Doorakian closed his program with this motivational<br />
advice: "We are in the new Millennium. Old rules do not<br />
apply. We are what we think we are. Reinvent yourself. Learn<br />
to dance. Embrace new heights. Explore new territory. Mentor<br />
someone young or old. Do what you love."<br />
Some Moments from the Symposium<br />
The Black Swamp Hosta and Daylily Society<br />
has some new and special projects:<br />
The 21st Century Project is a joint, longterm,<br />
educational project of the BSHDS at<br />
the Toledo Botanical Gardens (TBG) in Toledo,<br />
Ohio. The project's mission is to promote<br />
the appreciation and cultivation of daylilies<br />
and hostas in the home garden and in<br />
the public landscape. This mission will be pursued through<br />
the establishment of comprehensive daylily and hosta collections<br />
and displays whose botanical diversity and depth of presentation<br />
will generate return visits by the casual stroller and<br />
novice gardener, avid gardeners, and daylily fanciers right<br />
along to the master gardeners and professional landscape designers.<br />
The Society, along with TBG, will conduct educational<br />
workshops that will focus on the cultivation of daylilies.<br />
The centerpiece of TBG's daylily collection is the Crescent<br />
Bed located in the Perennial Garden. The display plan of<br />
this collection is based on sectional groupings of all the major<br />
<strong>AHS</strong> award winners, including the Stout Silver Medal,<br />
Donn Fisher Memorial Award, Annie T. Giles Award,<br />
Lenington All-America Award, Ida Munson Award, L. Ernest<br />
Plouf Award, Don C. Stevens Award, Harris Olson Spider<br />
Award, Eugene S. Foster Award, the James E. Marsh Award<br />
winners, and the species daylilies. All award winners are<br />
arranged by year in which the award was won.<br />
Several hundred more daylilies are also on display with many<br />
new cultivars being added each year. <strong>AHS</strong> members are encouraged<br />
to plan a trip to Toledo to see this complete display<br />
of award winners that have been planted at TBG.<br />
Contact: Don Bixler, President, 2550 Cherry Ridge Dr., Fremont,<br />
OH 43240 Tel: 419-0355-8116 Email: daylilyguy@nwonline.net<br />
Paul Limmer from New York and Dr. Joann Stewart<br />
from Georgia who wrote about the <strong>Region</strong> 2 Symposium<br />
presentations.<br />
Anxious “equipment” moments for Curt Hanson<br />
Page 46 Spring/Summer 2000