P. 0. BOX 2346. CHARLO‘I'I'ETOWN PE? /. C II? 86/
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 Mallett 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.............Patrick 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, act. 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.
m‘i‘HIs MONTH’S COVER "
The‘dnte armce (Picea glauca) is found cxrnnanly on P.E.I. in hedgerows and old fields that have not been farmed for many years. The needles are four-sided and fall . readily when the tree is cut and dry, so vfiute spruce doesrxnznake a good Christmas tree unless recently cut.
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