HISTORY SOCIETY  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. in Meet- 
     
     ing Room #2 in 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 (894-9595). 
     
     Annual rates are as follows: regular - $4; student - $2; family — $5. Re— 
     
     newals are due in early January. 
     
    
   
   
    
     1986 EXECUTIVE: President . . . . . . . .....Rosemary Curley, Waterside 651—2585 
     
     Vice-President . . . . . ..Terry Power, Newtown Cross 659—2245 
     
     Past President.. . . . . . . . . . ..Jane Symmes, Bonshaw 675—4806 
     
    
   
   
    
     Sec/Treasurer...Margaret Mallett, Charlottetown 894—9595 
     
     assisted by........Joyce MacLeod, Charlottetown 894-4182 
     
     Directors..............Pat Doyle, Charlottetown 566—1171 
     
    

    
     .......... . . . . . . . ..Ruth Richman, Lewes 962—2516 
     
    
   
   
    
     NEWSLETTERS are published bi—monthly. Articles, notes, reports, drawings, 
     
     etc. are welcomed from 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. "Today's notations become tomorrow's 
     
     history". All contributions should be sent to: 
     
    

    
     Gary Schneider, 
     
    

    
     P.O. Box 879, 
     
    

    
     Montague, P.E.I. COA 1R0 
     
    

    
     Phone: 962—2516 
     
    
   
   
    
     The Natural History Society gratefully acknowledges financial assistance 
     
    

    
     from the Department of Transportation and Public Works which enables the 
     
    

    
     newsletters to be distributed to schools and libraries as well as to mem— 
     
     bers. The Natural History Society of P.E.I. is a member organization of the 
     
     Canadian Nature Federation. The Society is a registered, non-profit organ— 
     
     ization. Editors of other newsletters are welcome to reprint articles ap- 
     
    

    
     pearing in this issue but acknowledgement would be appreciated. 
     
    
   
   
    
     THIS MONTH’S VC’QTVER 
     
    
   
   
    
       
     
    
   
   
    
     The BLUE FLAG (Iris versicolor) will soon be in bloom in Island ditches 
     
     and other wet areas. Tall, swordlike leaves are the first hint of things 
     
     to come as several violet-blue flowers follow in June. The flowers have 
     
     yellow—based sepals and are veined. Although it has been used in small 
     
     amounts as a cathartic and diuretic, the rhizome is extremely poisonous. — 
     
     Look, but don't eat! «7 <~ 
     
    
   
   
    
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