layer of meat. Salt and pepper. Top with a layer of cattail 
     
     roots and layer of onions. Repeat until all the ingredients 
     
    

    
     are used. Pour a small amount of water over the layers and cover. 
     
     Cook in a slow over (325°F.) for about 2 hours, or until the meat 
     
     is tender. Serve hot. Serves 6 to 10. 
     
    
   
   
    
     Sunshine Pancakesl 
     
    
   
   
    
     Sift together 1 cup cattail pollen, 1 cup wheat flour, 2 
     
     teaspoons baking powder, a teaspoon salt, and 2 tablespoons 
     
     sugar. 
     
    

    
     Beat 2 eggs and stir in 1% cups of milk and 2 tablespoons 
     
     melted butter. Stir in the dry ingredients. Fry the batter 
     
     in a skillet with melted butter as you would for pancakes. 
     
     Serves 3 to 4. 
     
    
   
   
    
     Sweet Corn 
     
     Boil the green spikes (flowerheads) in a pot of salted water, 
     
    
   
   
    
     for approximately 10 minutes. Serve with salt and pepper and 
     
     lots of butter. May be eaten on the cob or off. 
     
    
   
   
    
     1. Knutsen, Karl Wild Plants You Can Eat pgs., 26, 27, 
     
     Dougleday & Company, Inc., New York 1975 
     
    
   
   
    
       
     
    
   
   
    
     Heather Abriel 
     
    

    
     Halifax Field-Naturalists 
     
     Newsletter 
     
    

    
     May/June, 1979 
     
    
   
   
    
       
     
    
   
   
    
     Parting Words 
     
    
   
   
    
     Newsletter No. 40 brings to a close my term as editor of the 
     
     Natural History Society newsletter. In January 1974, I vigorously 
     
     encouraged the society to begin producing a newsletter or bulletin 
     
     which would report local events. I promptly learned one of life's 
     
     more profound lessons, namely that if you want something done, 
     
     you must do it yourself. The first newsletter appeared in 
     
     March 1974. It was a painstaking and time consuming production; 
     
     conceived, written, typed and gnoofixmd by me. Diane Griffin 
     
     arranged to have it duplicated at the expense of the Provincial 
     
     Department of Environment and Tourism. 
     
    
   
   
    
     Since the spring of 1974, we have published eight newsletters 
     
     per year during the winter months. My editorial policy has been to 
     
     print local, topical and seasonal information. The newsletter has 
     
     effectively served two functions. It was to entertain and educate 
     
     our members about Island natural history. Secondly, the newsletter 
     
     has served as a medium for recording seasonal trends or unusual 
     
     occurrences of species visiting or living on Prince Edward Island. 
     
     Initially, there was a struggle to obtain articles. In several 
     
     issues, I was the only author! However, we have evolved to the 
     
     enviable position to receiving unsolicited articles. 
     
    
   
   
    
     Over the past six years, membership in our society has 
     
     sharply increased and readership of the newsletter approaches 
     
     four hundred. Approximately one hundred copies are distributed 
     
     to Island schools. 
     
    
   
   
    
     I have greatly enjoyed my tenure as editor of the Natural 
     
     History Society Newsletter. Under my direction, the newsletter 
     
     developed into a useful bulletin of local nature happenings, but 
     
     after this length of time, I feel the newsletter has reached a 
     
     plateau in quality and content. In these times of change, it is 
     
     time to change! I extend my best wishes to the new editor. 
     
    
   
   
    
     Kathy Martin 
     
    

    
     Biology Department 
     
     University of 
     
    

    
     Prince Edward Island