NATURAL HISTORY SOCIETY OF PRINCE EDWARD ISLAND LTD. 
     
     P.O. BOX 2346, CHARLOTTETOWN, P.E.I. CIA 8C1 
     
    
   
   
    
     MEETINGS are held of the first Tuesday of the month (except June, July, August, 
     
     and September) at 7:30 p.m. 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 P.O. Box 2346, Charlottetown ClA 8C1 (phone 56943142). Annual membership 
     
     rates are $12 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. 
     
     1994 Executive: President........Ray Cooke, Charlottetown 894—9695 
     
     Vice-President......Mary Beth Harris, Battery Point 569—2665 
     
     Past President........Barbara Currie, Charlottetown 894-9297 
     
     Secretary...............Jean Watts, North Wiltshire 621-0202 
     
     Treasurer..................A1ma Steeves, Crossroads 569-3142 
     
     Directors - Program.....Linda Thomas, Charlottetown 892-7750 
     
     - Publicity..David Cairns, Charlottetown 368—6080 
     
    
   
   
    
     NEWSLETTERS are normally published bi—monthly on recycled paper. Articles, 
     
     notes, reports, drawings, etc. are welcomed fronimembers 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 send to: 
     
    

    
     Dan McAskill, Newsletter Editor 
     
    

    
     Natural History Society of Prince Edward Island Ltd. 
     
    

    
     Charlottetown RR # 5, Donagh, P.E.I. ClA 7J8 
     
     The next newsletter deadline is July 20, 1994. 
     
    
   
   
    
     Illustrations: The Society extends a special thanks to Ben Hoteling, Jacqueline 
     
     Badcock, Kate Poole, and Dover Colouring Books for their illustrations for this 
     
     issue. 
     
    
   
   
    
     The Natural History Society gratefully acknowledges support from the Department 
     
     of Education and Human Resources which enables distribution of newsletters to 
     
     schools and libraries. 
     
    
   
   
    
     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 acknowledgement must be provided to the Island Naturalist, the 
     
     author and illustrator. 
     
    
   
   
    
     Cover Illustration: 
     
    

    
     This month’s cover comes from the pen of Ben Hoteling and is 
     
     the Jack-in-the-Pulpit (Arisaema triphyllum Stewardsonii). One of 
     
     the Island's most striking flowers, it is normally found in rich 
     
     low woodlands, mucky shaded areas, shaded rich stream margins, or 
     
    
   
   
    
     in intervals. This year the plant was blooming at Mooney's Pond in 
     
     late June.