NATURAL HISTORY SOCIETY OF PRINCE EDWARD ISLAND 
     
    
   
   
    
     P.O. BOX 2346, CHARLOTTETOWN 
     
    
   
   
    
     ClA 8C1 
     
    
   
   
    
     MEETINGS are held on the first Tuesday of the month at 8:00 p.m. 
     
     ing Reom #2 in the Provincial Health Building (enter through the 
     
     garage and ask the Commissionaire for directions). 
     
    
   
   
    
     MEMBERSHIP is open to anyone interested in the natural history 0 
     
     Edward Island. Membership is available at any meeting or by cont 
     
     Margaret Mallett, 53 Fitzroy St., Charlottetown, P.E.I. CIA 1R4 
     
     Annual rates are as follows: regular — $4; student - $2; family 
     
     newals are due in early January. 
     
    
   
   
    
     1986 EXECUTIVE: President............Rosemary Curley, Waterside 
     
     Vice—President.......Terry Power, Newtown Cross 
     
    

    
     Past President.............Jane Symmes, Bonshaw 
     
     Sec/Treasurer...Margaret Mallett, Charlottetown 
     
    

    
     assisted by........Joyce MacLeod, Charlottetown 
     
     Directors..............Pat Doyle, Charlottetown 
     
     ...................Ruth Richman, Lewes 
     
    

    
     NEWSLETTERS are published bi—monthly. Articles, notes, reports, 
     
    
   
   
    
     etc. are welcomed from members. If you have seen anything unusua 
     
     share it with us. It is important to have your observations reco 
     
     that others may learn from them. "Today's notations become tomor 
     
     history". All contributions should be sent to: 
     
    
   
   
    
     Gary Schneider, 
     
     P.O. Box 879, 
     
    

    
     Montague, P.E.I. 
     
     Phone: 962-2516 
     
    
   
   
    
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     THIS MONTH’S COVER 
     
    
   
   
    
     The Society is a registered, 
     
    
   
   
    
       
     
    
   
   
    
     The YELLOW BIRCH (Betula alleghaniensis; B. lutea) is an 
     
     upland tree which often germinates on a fallen log in wet areas 
     
     giving the erroneous impression that it is a swamp tree. In up— 
     
     land forests it may grow on an old stump or rock. If on a stump, 
     
     which eventually rots away, the roots give the tree the appear- 
     
     ance of standing on stilts. The yellowish—brown bark peels off 
     
     in papery curls, and the leaves turn yellow in the fall. Yellow 
     
     birch wood is used in making furniture and makes good firewood. 
     
    
   
   
    
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