NATURAL HISTORY SOCIETY OF PRINCE EDWARD ISLAND LTD. P.O. BOX 2346, CHARLOTTETOWN, P.E.I. C1A 8C1

MEETINGS are held of the ﬁrst Tuesday of the month (except June, July, August, and September) at 7:30 pm. at the Farm Centre, 420 University Avenue, Charlottetown. Members and non-members are welcome. Please bring your coffee cup so that we will contribute as little as possible to the waste stream.

Membership is open to anyone interested in the natural history of Prince Edward Island. Membership is available at any meeting or by contacting the Treasurer at PO. Box 2346, Charlottetown CIA 8C1 (phone 566-1289). Annual

membership is $16 and renewals are due in January. Membership expiry dates are shown in the top right hand comer of the mailing label.

The Society is directed by a volunteer Executive elected from its members.

1999 Executive: President ............... ..Ben Hoteling, Tryon 658-2036 Vice-President .... ..Mary Beth Hanis, Battery Point 569-2665 Past President ............. ..Ray Cooke, Charlottetown 894-9695 Secretary ........................ ..Michelle Johnston, York 629-1393 Treasurer .......................... ..Jim Jenkins, Sherwood 566-1289

Directors - Program....Meike Keunecke, Red Head 961-2737 - Publicity ....... ..Murray Russell, Valley 659-2340

NEWSLETTERS are normally published quarterly on recycled paper. Articles, notes, reports, drawings, bird sightings, plant records, etc. are welcomed from members and non-members. If you have seen anything unusual,

please share it with us. It is important to have your observations recorded so that others may learn from them. All contributions should be sent to:

Dan McAskill, Newsletter Editor, NHSPEI Charlottetown RR # 5, Donagh, P.E.I. CIA 7J8

The next newsletter deadline is December 21, 1999.

Illustrations: The Society extends a special thanks to Karen Schoenrank, Jac Badcock, and Dover Colouring Books for their illustrations.

The Natural History Society gratefully acknowledges support from the Department of Education and Human Resources which enables distribution of newsletters to schools and libraries desiring it. The Natural History Society is an afﬁliate of the Canadian Nature Federation and has representation on the board of the Island Nature Trust. The

Society is a registered, non-proﬁt organization (Part 2, Companies Act). Tax receipts are issued for donations to the Society and these funds are used to further the work of the Society.

Reprinting: Editors of other newsletters and teachers wishing to copy classroom materials are welcome to reprint

articles from the Island Naturalist (except when copyrighted). Due acknowledgment must be provided to the Island Naturalist, the author and illustrator.

Cover Illustration:

The cover depicts Karen Schoenrank's illustration of the ground nut. This marks the ﬁrst ofﬁcial record of this plant for Prince Edward Island (see article on page 3).