NATURAL HISTORY SOCIETY OF PRINCE EDWARD ISLAND P. o. 130x 2346, CHARLOTIETOWN

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MEETINGS are held on the first Tuesday of the month at 8:00 p.m. in Meeting Room #2 in the Provincial Health Building. (Enter through the parking garage and ask the Commissionaire for directions.

MEMBERSHIP is open to anyone interested in the natural history of Prince Edward Island. Membership is available at any meeting or by contacting Margaret Mallet, 53 Fitzroy St., Charlottetown, P.E.I. ClA 1R4 (894-9595). Annual rates are as follows: regular — $4; student - $2; family - $5. RENEWALS ARE DUE IN EARLY JANUARY.

1985 EXECUTIVE: President.........................Jane Symmes Vice-President..-..........Patriok A. Wootton Secretary-Treasurer..........Margaret Mallett assisted by.....................Joyce MacLeod Directors...Rosemary Curley and Evelyn Meader

NEWSLETTERS are published bi-monthly. Articles, notes, reports, drawings, ect. are welcomed from 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. "TODAY'S NOTATIONS BECOME TOMORROW'S HISTORY“. All contributions should be sent to: Sue Stephenson

North Wiltshire, R.R.#2,

Springvale, P.E.I.

COA 1Y0 Phone: 894-5995

The Natural History Society gratefully acknowledges financial assistance from the Department of Transportation and Public Works which enables

the newsletters to be distributed to schools and libraries as well as

to members. ' '

The Natural History Society of P.E.I. is a member organization of the Canadian Nature Federation. The Society is a registered, non-profit organization.

Editors of other newsletters are welcome to reprint articles appearing in this issue but acknowledgement would be appreciated.

THIS MONTH'S COVER:

The Black-eyed Susan (Rudbeckia serotina)

flowers along roadsides and in dry meadows in mid-summer to early fall. It is named

after Olaf Rudback, a 17th century Swedish botanist. It is a perennial and begins

to flower in its second season.

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