NATURE NOTES - 1988
DATE	AUTHOR	TITLE
BOTANY
Jan. 88	Cole, Dorothy	Winter Buds
Jan. 88	Christ, Art	Arthraxon hispidus
Feb. 88	Haller, Karen S.	The Burren, The Bog and the Bogbean (Reflections Regarding
		Ireland)
Feb. 88	Christ, Art	Hop Tree, Wafer Ash (Ptelea trifoliata)
Feb. 88		Rare Texas Cactus Poached (in Real County)
Mar. 88	Christ, Art	Prickly Ash, Toothache Tree (Zanthoxylum americanum)
Mar. 88	Behrer, John and Menke, Nell	The Shaw Arboretum is developing an area at the north
		end of Pinetum Lake.  Missouri's native woodland and edge
		wildflowers and flowering understory trees and shrubs will be
		planted there.  Contributions of seeds and plants solicited.
Apr.88	Cole, Dorothy	Growing Ferns from Spores
Apr. 88	Christ, Art	Yellow Rocket, Winter Cress (Barbarea vulgaris)
May. 88	Christ, Art	Ohio House Mint, Hairy Wood Mint, Pagoda Plant (Blephilia)
May. 88	Cole, Dorothy	Tree Flowers
Jun. 88	Christ, Art	Horsemint, Wild Bergamont (Monarda)
Jun. 88		RJR Nabisco, Inc., Supports Germplasm Collection:  Nabisco
		has given $78,750 for a two-year project to help the Center
		for Plant Conservation improve existing germplasm in its
		Participating Institutions.
Sep. 88	Cole, Dorothy	Heavenly Fragrance:  A factor in pollination
Sep. 88	Christ, Art	Hairy Parsley (Lomatium foeniculaceum
Oct. 88	Christ, Art	Autumn Wild Onion (Allium stellatum)
Nov. 88	Christ, Art	Slender Gerardia (Gerardia tenuifolia)
Dec. 88	Sullivan, Father Jim	The Old "One-Two":  Hummingbirds like two colors, red and yellow.
CONSERVATION
Nov. 88	Molyneaux, John	An amendment to continue the sales tax to fund the work needed
		to maintain and improve state paarks and reduce soil loss
		will be on the Nov. 6 election ballot as Amendment No. 7.
		Volunteers are needed to man phone banks, etc., on election day
Dec. 88	Widmer, Rad	The Board has approved the concept of adopt-a-highway and is
		seriously considering a 2 mile stretch of I-44 between Lewis Road
		and Hwy. 141.  Anyone interested in supporting or leading this
		effort should call Widmer.
ORNITHOLOGY
Jan. 88	Bodman, Rose Ann	November Birding in the St. Louis Area
Feb. 88	Heinze, D. B.	The Dance of the Cooper and the Chickadees
Feb. 88	Bodman, Rose Ann	December Birding in the St. Louis Area
Mar. 88	Bodman, Rose Ann	January Birding in the St. Louis Area
Mar. 88	Knickmeyer, Robert R.	A Beautiful and Until Now an Infrequent Visitor (the house finch)
Apr. 88	Bodman, Rose Ann	February Birding in the St. Louis Area
May. 88	Bodman, Rose Ann	March Birding in the St. Louis Aarea
Jun. 88	Bodman, Rose Ann	April Birding in the St. Louis Aarea
Sep. 88		The Songbird's Fading Music (because of destruction of their
		habitat in timber harvesting)
Sep. 88	Peters, Mark	Hawkwatch
Sep. 88	Bodman, Rose Ann	Late Spring and Summer Birding in the St. Louis Area
Oct. 88	Peters, Mark	Fall 1987 Hawk Migration - St. Louis Area
Oct. 88	Bodman, Rose Ann	August Birding in the St. Louis Area
Oct. 88	Korotev, Randy	Randy Korotev will be unable to organize and compile the
		Orchard Farm Bird count this coming winter; a volunteer is needed
Nov. 88	Wiese, Mary C.	Four Dawns and One Dusk
Nov. 88	Flieg, G. Michael	A Boreal Birding Trip:  An Alternative for a Boring Winter Weekend
Nov. 88	Bodman, Rose Ann	September Birding in the St. Louis Area
Nov. 88	Alwood, Connie	The Orchard Farm Bird Count will be held on Dec. 31.  Connie
		Alwood will be the compiler in Randy Korotev's absence.
Dec. 88	Sullivan, Father Jim	The Old "One-Two":  Hummingbirds like two colors, the red
		and the gold.
Dec. 88	Bodman, Rose Ann	October Birding in the St. Louis Area will appear in the next
		issue of Nature Notes (Editor).
Dec. 88	Denison, Edgar	The 35th Annual Systematics Symposium:  Of special interest
		to the birding community was a paper pointing out the
		precipitous decline in bird populations is partially due to habitat
		reduction in the U.S..  The slaughter of rain forests in the tropics
		is not the only cause.
PEOPLE
Dec. 88	Christ, Art	Julian Alfred Steyermark - 1909-1988:  A biography and list of
		his writings.
MISCELLANEOUS
Mar. 88	Hawker, Pat	Volunteers Needed:  To receive training to work with elementary
		and high school students on outdoor field science trips at Tyson
Jun. 88	Heinze, Dorothy	The Mastodon Park Museum and Memorial Wild Flower Trail
		will be dedicated Sunday, June 26.
Oct. 88	St. Louis Post-Dispatch	Fanning Nature's Flames:  Article about this summer's forest fires,
		the worst fire season since 1919
ADMINISTRATIVE
Jun. 88	Tisdale, Judy	Notice: You will find a dues envelope for your 1988-89 dues
		which comes due Aug. 31.
MEETINGS
Jan. 88		January general meeting:  January 8, Oak Bend Branch Library;
		Richard Spener and Toni Armstrong will present a slide show
		"Kayaking and Birding in Glacier Bay".
Feb. 88		February general meeting:  February 5, Oak Bend Branch Library;
		Bill Summers will give a talk and slide show on Missouri's orchids
Mar. 88		March general meeting:   March 4 at Oak Bend Branch Library:
		Carol Sutherland will present "Southwestern Odyssey - I:  Big
		Big Bend National Park
May. 88		May general meeting:  May 6 at Oak Bend Branch Library;
		Bill Davitt, Naturalist at the Missouri Botanical Garden's
		Shaw Arboretum, will present talk and slide show on
		"Establishment of Tall-Grass Prairie at Shaw Arboretum".
Sep. 88		September general meeting:  Sep. 9 at Oak Bend Library;
		Auuthor and Naturalist John Madson, will show slides and talk
		on the "Arctic National Wildlife Refuge".
Oct. 88		October general meeting:  Oct. 7, at Oak Bend Library.  John
		Karel, Director of Tower Grove Park, will give a presentation on
		"Tower Grove Park, Past, Present and Future".
Nov. 88		November general meeting:  Nov. 4, at Oak Bend Public Library;
		Carol Taxman will give a talk and slide show enitled "Forest in
		the Clouds" (in Costa Rica).
BANQUETS/SOCIAL EVENTS
Mar. 88	Chouteau, Mrs. Pierre	Webster Groves Nature Study Society Annual Banuet, Friday,
		April 8, 1988:  Flaming Pit Banquet Center, 9735 Watson
		Road; Program:  "New Zealand Adventure:, by Paul Nelson,
		Natural History Director, Parks Division, Missouri Department of
		Natural Resources
Apr. 88	Chouteau, Mrs. Pierre	April 8:  WGNSS Annual Banquet, Flaming Pit Banquet Center
Dec. 88	Chouteau, Mrs. Pierre	WGNSS Christmas Party, Friday, Dec. 9, 8:00 PM, at the
		home of Pete and Missy Chouteau, 4 Tuscany Place in Clayton,
		Missouri.  Bring a dish of treats and a merry spirit!