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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

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