36 GYPSY AND BROWN-TAIL MOTHS. [Jan. 



fested that practically all the work against the moths in the 

 city was done there simply to control them, with the result that 

 the outlying sections were of necessity neglected. During 1907 

 the work of the previous year was followed up, and much at- 

 tention was given to destroying the moths in the outer sections 

 of this city. In addition to an enormous amount of work on 

 private estates done during the winter of 190607, extensive 

 spraying operations were also carried on, with good results. 

 The work of destroying the egg clusters of gypsy moths and 

 removing the webs of the brown-tail moth has been prosecuted 

 this fall as weather permitted, and good progress has been made. 

 The work in the city has had good financial support, and, were 

 it possible to secure a more experienced and efficient class of 

 laborers, the control of the moth here would not be difficult. 



In the care of the parks and boulevards under the control of 

 the park department, the principal reliance has been placed on 

 spraying operations, which have kept the moths fairly well un- 

 der control. There has been, of course, a considerable scatter- 

 ing of the gypsy moth caterpillars early in the season, where 

 the egg clusters were not creosoted. Franklin Park is quite 

 generally infested, and in certain sections of it the numerous 

 egg clusters should be destroyed, the trees burlapped and sticky 

 bands used. 



During the coming year particular attention should be given 

 to controlling the gypsy moth by the use of burlaps and spray- 

 ing, particularly in the southern wards of the city. The gen- 

 eral clearing up of brush and worthless trees in back yards, 

 along the fences, etc., is also desirable. 



BROOKLINE. 



USIP PERRIX, Local Sn] /////<//</< 



The work of suppressing the gypsy and hn>wn-tail ninths in 

 Brookline, both on town and private property, has been can-in 1 

 on during 1907 without reference to the owner's liability under 

 the aft, the cost being mot ih rough the general tax levy. The 

 iniere-t in the protection of trees in this town shown hy the 

 shade tree committee in past years has been in evidence iii many 

 ways during the year just ended. The work of the local super- 



