NATURAL HISTORY SOCIETY OF PRINCE EDWARD ISLAND 
     
     P.O. BOX 2346, CHARLOTTETOWN, P.E.I. ClA 8C1 
     
    
   
   
    
     MEETINGS are held of the first Tuesday of the month (except July, August, and September) at 7:30 pm. at the 
     
     Farm Centre, 420 University Avenue, Charlottetown. Members and non-members are welcome. Please bring your 
     
     coffee cup so that we will contribute as little as possible to the waste stream. 
     
    
   
   
    
     Membership is open to anyone interested in the natural history of Prince Edward Island. Membership is available 
     
     at any meeting or by contacting the Treasurer at PO. Box 2346, Charlottetown ClA 8C1 (phone 566-3557). 
     
    
   
   
    
     Annual membership is $16 and renewals are due in January. Membership expiry dates are shown in the top right 
     
     hand comer of the mailing label. 
     
    
   
   
    
     The Society is directed by a volunteer Executive elected from its members. 
     
    
   
   
    
     2004 Executive: President ............................. ..Dwaine Oakley, Crossroads 569-1815 
     
     Vice-President .................. ..Ron Arvidson, South Melville 65 8-2566 
     
     Past President ....................... ..David Seeler, West Royalty 566-4505 
     
     Secretary ......................................... ..Fiep deBie, Stratford 569—1413 
     
     Treasurer ...................... ..Nanette Gauthier, Charlottetown 566-3557 
     
     Director - Program ........... ..Eric Marcum, New Dominion 675-3056 
     
     Director - Publicity ..................................... ..Sharon Clark 626-3566 
     
    
   
   
    
     NEWSLETTERS are normally published quarterly on recycled paper. Articles, notes, reports, drawings, bird 
     
     sightings, plant records, 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 observations recorded so that others may learn from them. All 
     
     contributions should be sent to: 
     
    
   
   
    
     Dan McAskill, Newsletter Editor, NHSPEI 
     
     Charlottetown RR # 5, Donagh, P.E.I. CIA 7J8 
     
     E-mail: nhspei@isn.net 
     
     The next deadline for articles, sightings, or other newsletter information is Aug. 31, 2004 
     
    
   
   
    
     Illustrations/Pictures: The Society extends a special thanks to the Ben Hoteling, Dwaine Oakley, Rudy Stocek, 
     
     the late Hal Hinds, and Dover Colouring Books for their illustrations in this issue. The Natural History Society 
     
     gratefully acknowledges support from the Department of Education and Human Resources which enables 
     
     distribution of newsletters to schools and libraries desiring it. The Natural History Society is an affiliate of the 
     
     Canadian Nature Federation and has representation on the board of the Island Nature Trust. The Society is a 
     
     registered, non-profit organization (Part 2, Companies Act). Tax receipts are issued for donations to the Society 
     
     and these funds are used to further the work of the Society. 
     
    
   
   
    
     Reprinting: Editors of other newsletters and teachers wishing to copy classroom materials are welcome to reprint 
     
     articles from the Island Naturalist (except when copyrighted). Due acknowledgment must be provided to the Island 
     
     Naturalist, the author and illustrator. Web page: The Society’s web page is located at www.isn.net/~nhspei 
     
    
   
   
    
     Cover Illustration: 
     
    

    
     The late Hal Hinds noted that the sedges, genus Carex, contains far more species than any other in our New 
     
     Brunswick flora. To identify them with certainty, the inflated sac containing the ovary must be present. The cover 
     
     depicts Wooly-fruit Sedge Carex Iasiocarpa, a plant of open boggy areas which was recently found on P.E.I.