NATURAL HISTORY SOCIETY OF PRINCE EDVVARD ISLAND 9.0. BOX 2346, CHARLOTTETOWN ClA 8C1

MEETINGS are held on the first Tuesday of the month (except June, July,

August and September) at 8:00 p.m. at the Farm Centre on University Ave- nue, Charlottetown. Members and non—members are welcome.

MEMBERSHIP is open to anyone interested in the natural history of Prince Edward Island. Membership is available at any meeting or by contacting Dan McAskill, RR#5, Charlottetown, P.E.I. ClA 7J8 (phone 569-4351). Annual rates are as follows: regular — $4; student - $2; family — $5. Renewals are due in early January.

1989 EXECUTIVE: President.......Patrick Wootton, Charlottetown 892-5761 Vice-President.......Susan Stephenson, Ch'town 368—2789 Past—President....Rosemary Curley, Summerville 838—4309 Treasurer.................Dan McAskill, Donagh 569-4351 Secretary... . . . . ..Gerald MacDonald, Monticello 687-3314 Directors...........Ruth Richman, Baldwin Road 838—2678

........Jean Ouellette, Charlottetown 892—5276

NEWSLETTERS are published bi-monthly. Articles, notes, reports, drawings, 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 observa— tions recorded so that others may learn from them. "Today's notations become tomorrow's history". All contributions should be sent to:

Gary Schneider,

RR#6,

Cardigan, P.E.I. ,COA 160

Phone: 838-2678

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 and to members.

The Natural History Society of P.E.I. is a member organization of the Can— adian Nature Federation. The Society is a registered, non-profit organi— zation. Editors of other newsletters are welcome to reprint articles from

the Island Naturalist (except when copyrighted) but acknowledgement would be appreciated.

This month’s Cover

SUGAR or ROCK MAPLE (Acer saccharum) is a common tree in our Acadian forests, andis highly valued for its natural beauty as well as for furni— ture wood, firewood and the sap which is boiled to make maple syrup. Its leaves give a magnificent display of colour — red, yellow and orange -

in the fall. In mature trees, the bark looks as if it were cut and just starting to peel. As fall approaches on P.E.I., take the time to get out and enjoy the tremendous range of colours around us, that help make this such a special time of the year.

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