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 . . . . . . . . . . ..Susan Stephenson, Winsloe 368-2789 
     
     Vice—President..Patrick Wootton, Charlottetown 892-5761 
     
     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, drawing 
     
     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 
     
    
   
   
    
     The Wild Lupin (Lupinus perennis) is a common sight throughout much of 
     
     Prince Edward island, although it is not native to this province. They 
     
     often occur at edges of fields, a mass of purple flowers dominating the 
     
     landscape, increasing every year. But in certain areas they are bicolou’ 
     
     ed, with different combinations of red and white, purple and white, yell w 
     
     and white, etc. It is really one of our most notable wildflowers.