’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 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 569-3586). Annual 
     
     membership rates are : $12. Renewals are due in January. Membership expiry 
     
     dates are in the top right hand corner of the mailing label. 
     
    
   
   
    
     The Society is directed by a volunteer executive elected from its members. 
     
     1993 Executive: President..............Barbara Currie, Charlottetown 894-9297 
     
     vice—President...........Mary Beth Harris, Battery Point 569-2665 
     
     Past President....Patrick Wootton, Sharam Point 892-5761 962-3641 
     
     Secretary.......................Nora Stephenson, Kinlock 569-5030 
     
     Treasurer.......................Ben Hoteling, Crossroads 569-3586 
     
     Directors - Program...........Linda Thomas, Charlottetown 892-7750 
     
     - Publicity ........Dona1d Wilkinson, Sherwood 566-1279 
     
    
   
   
    
     NEWSLETTERS are published bi—monthly on recycled paper. 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 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. CIA 7J8 
     
     The next newsletter deadline is April 30, 1993. 
     
    
   
   
    
     Illustrations: The Society extends a special thanks to Jacqueline Badcock who 
     
     provided the drawings for the plants and animals in this issue. Thanks is 
     
     also extended to Dan McAskill for the autocad squirrel guard illustration and 
     
     to the Island Nature Trust for use of the Scenic Heritage Roads map. 
     
    
   
   
    
     The Natural History Society gratefully acknowledges support from the 
     
     Department of Tourism and Parks and the Department of Education which enables 
     
     distribution of newsletters to schools and libraries and to members. 
     
    
   
   
    
     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. ’ 
     
    
   
   
    
     THIS MONTHS COVER 
     
    
   
   
    
     The Mayflower or Trailing Arbutus (Epigea repens) is a plant of early 
     
     old field succession and young cutovers. Its flowers, which appear in late 
     
     April or early May, can range from white to pink. The fruit ripens at the 
     
     same time as strawberries and is eaten rapidly by ants. This plant forms a 
     
     symbiotic (mutually beneficial) relationship with a mycorrhiza (fungi). 
     
    

    
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