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).