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     * NOTICE OF CHANGE OF MEETING PLACE * 
     
    
   
   
    
     * Once again the Natural History Society has outgrown its meeting quarters. * 
     
     * Beginning in December, meetings will be held in the Coles Building (the 
     
    

    
     old Court House) next door to Province House. Use the Richmond Street 
     
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     DECEMBER MEETING. On Tue., Dec. 6, at 8 p.m. Jim Hornby will speak on The Bare 
     
     Facts: The Story of Bears on P.E.I. Jim has recently done considerable research 
     
     into the history of bears on the Isalnd so it should be a most interesting talk. 
     
     (Watch for his article on the same topic in the December issue of the Island 
     
     Magazine.) Don't forget that the meeting will be held in the Coles Building, 
     
     next door to Province House. Use the Richmond Street entrance. 
     
    
   
   
    
     JANUARY MEETING. The annual meeting of the P.E.I. Natural History Society will 
     
    

    
     be held on Tue., Jan. 10 at 8 p.m. in the Coles Building. (Note the change to 
     
    

    
     the second Tuesday of the month for the January meeting only.) Guest speaker will 
     
     be Andy Dean, one of the best nature photographers in the.province. Appropriately, 
     
     his presentation will be about one of the most beautiful places known, Prince 
     
     Edward Island. ‘ 
     
    
   
   
    
     CHRISTMAS BIRD COUNTS. Dates have been set as follows: P.E.I. National Park - Sat., 
     
     Dec. 17; Hillsborough Count - Tue., Dec. 27; and Montague Count - Mon., Jan. 2. 
     
     See elsewhere in this issue for details. 
     
    
   
   
    
       
     
    
   
   
    
     ANOTHER PLANT SPECIES NEW TO P.E.I. 
     
    
   
   
    
     by R.B. MacLaren, Charlottetown 
     
    
   
   
    
     BORAGE (Borago officinalis) 
     
    
   
   
    
     This plant was found in waste land at the end of an abandoned garden plot at 
     
     the Research Station on Sept. 24, 1983. Only three plants were found and, of these, 
     
     only one had a single blossom remaining. The plant is about a foot high, quite 
     
     hairy, the leaves alternate and entire, that is not toothed. The bloom is about 
     
     three-quarters of an inch in diameter, bright blue, star-shaped with the calyx 
     
     deeply five cleft. The area will be watched closely next summer in the hope of 
     
     securing better specimens. ' 
     
    

    
     Roland and Smith give it only passing attention but Euell Gibbon, an authority 
     
     on medicinal herbs, regarded it very highly. As a matter of fact he admits to 
     
     cheating a little by planting Borage in his orchard so he would be assured of a 
     
     plentiful supply. He suggests many uses for it. The leaves may be added to a 
     
     tossed salad, used as a supplement to lemonade and other drinks, and both jam and 
     
     jelly can be made from both leaves and flowers. 
     
    

    
     Again the identification was verified by Dr. Paul Catling of the Biosystematics 
     
     Institute, Central Experimental Farm, Ottawa. 
     
    
   
   
    
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