NATURAL HISTORY SOCIETY OF PRINCE EDVVARD ISLAND 
     
     9.0. BOX 2346, CHARLOTTETOWN ClA 8C1 
     
    
   
   
    
     MEETINGS are held on the first Tuesday of the month (except June, July, 
     
    
   
   
    
     August and September) at 8:00 p.m. at the Farm Centre on University Ave- 
     
     nue, Charlottetown. Members and non—members are welcome. 
     
    
   
   
    
     MEMBERSHIP is open to anyone interested in the natural history of Prince 
     
     Edward Island. Membership is available at any meeting or by contacting 
     
     Dan McAskill, RR#5, Charlottetown, P.E.I. ClA 7J8 (phone 569-4351). 
     
     Annual rates are as follows: regular — $4; student - $2; family — $5. 
     
     Renewals are due in early January. 
     
    
   
   
    
     1989 EXECUTIVE: President.......Patrick Wootton, Charlottetown 892-5761 
     
     Vice-President.......Susan Stephenson, Ch'town 368—2789 
     
     Past—President....Rosemary Curley, Summerville 838—4309 
     
     Treasurer.................Dan McAskill, Donagh 569-4351 
     
     Secretary... . . . . ..Gerald MacDonald, Monticello 687-3314 
     
     Directors...........Ruth Richman, Baldwin Road 838—2678 
     
    

    
     ........Jean Ouellette, Charlottetown 892—5276 
     
    
   
   
    
     NEWSLETTERS are published bi-monthly. 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 observa— 
     
     tions recorded so that others may learn from them. "Today's notations 
     
     become tomorrow's history". All contributions should be sent to: 
     
    

    
     Gary Schneider, 
     
    

    
     RR#6, 
     
    

    
     Cardigan, P.E.I. ,COA 160 
     
    

    
     Phone: 838-2678 
     
    
   
   
    
     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 and to members. 
     
    
   
   
    
     The Natural History Society of P.E.I. is a member organization of the Can— 
     
     adian Nature Federation. The Society is a registered, non-profit organi— 
     
     zation. Editors of other newsletters are welcome to reprint articles from 
     
    
   
   
    
     the Island Naturalist (except when copyrighted) but acknowledgement would 
     
     be appreciated. 
     
    
   
   
    
     This month’s Cover 
     
    
   
   
    
     SUGAR or ROCK MAPLE (Acer saccharum) is a common tree in our Acadian 
     
     forests, andis highly valued for its natural beauty as well as for furni— 
     
     ture wood, firewood and the sap which is boiled to make maple syrup. Its 
     
     leaves give a magnificent display of colour — red, yellow and orange - 
     
    

    
     in the fall. In mature trees, the bark looks as if it were cut and just 
     
     starting to peel. As fall approaches on P.E.I., take the time to get out 
     
     and enjoy the tremendous range of colours around us, that help make this 
     
     such a special time of the year. 
     
    
   
   
    
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