NATURAL HISTORY SOCIETY OF PRINCE EDWARD ISLAND LTD. P.O. BOX 2346, CHARLOTTETOWN, P.E.I. ClA 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 C 1A 8C1 (phone 566-1289). Annual membership is $16 and renewals are due in January. Membership expiry dates are shown in the top right hand corner 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 Harris, Battery Point 569-2665 Past President ............. ..Ray Cooke, Charlottetown 894-9695 Secretary ........................ ..Michelle Johnston, York 629-1393 Treasurer ......................... ..Jirn 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. ClA 718

The next newsletter deadline is February 21, 2000.

Illustrations: The Society extends a special thanks to Ben Hoteling, Dr. Andy Hamilton, and Dover Colouring Books for their illustrations.

The Natural History Society gratefully acknowledges support ﬁom 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:

Ben Hoteling's drawing of Braun’s Holly Fern (Polystichum braunii) celebrates the discovery of yet another new plant on Prince Edward Island (see story on page 6).