NATURAL HISTORY SOCIETY OF PRINCE EDWARD ISLAND 
     
     P. 0. BOX 2346, CHARLOTTETOWN V 
     
    
   
   
    
     MEETINGS are held on the first Tuesday of the month at 8:00 p.m. in 
     
     Room 47 on the third floor of 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 (telephone 894—9595). Annual rates are as follows: regular - 
     
     $4; student - $2; family - $5. 
     
    
   
   
    
     1984 EXECUTIVE: President............................Geoff Hogan 
     
     Vice-President..................Gerald MacDonald 
     
    

    
     Past President..................Winston Johnston 
     
     Secretary—Treasurer.............Margaret Mallett 
     
    

    
     assisted by.....................Joyce MacLeod 
     
     Directors.............Lorna Knox and Lori MacKay 
     
    
   
   
    
     NEWSLETTERS are published bi-monthly. Articles, notes, reports, draw— 
     
     ings, etc. are welcomed from members. If you have seen anything un- 
     
     usual, please share it with us. It is important to have your observa- 
     
     tions recorded so that other may learn from them. All contributions 
     
     should be sent to: 
     
    

    
     Jane Symmes (Mrs.) 
     
    

    
     P.O. Box 1716, 
     
    

    
     Charlottetown, P.E.I. CIA 7N4 
     
    

    
     Telephone: 675-4806 
     
    
   
   
    
     The Natural History Society gratefully acknowledges financial assist- 
     
     ance 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 
     
     charitable organization. 
     
    
   
   
    
     NEW BOOK PUBLISHED 
     
    
   
   
    
     Oxford University Press has published Atlantic Wildflowers with text by Diane 
     
     Griffin and photography by Wayne Barrett and Ann MacKay. This 136 page book has 
     
     128 colour photographs of wildflowers that range from seashore to deciduous 
     
     woodlands of Atlantic Canada. For each species, the information includes the 
     
     scientific and common name, as well as its habitat, range, description, ocology and 
     
     uses. 
     
    

    
     The book may be purchased locally at the P.E.I. Museum and Heritage Foundation, 
     
     through the Island Nature Trust, local bookstores, or fran the Nature Canada 
     
     Bookshop, 75, Albert St., Ottawa KlP 6G1. A hardcover book priced at $19.50. 
     
    
   
   
    
       
     
    
   
   
    
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