56 GYPSY AND BROAVX-TAIL MOTHS. [Jan. 



district still remains badly infested, and the moth is found in 

 enormous numbers in the woodlands. 



A great deal of serious stripping of the woodlands took place 

 in \Ytikefield during the summer of 1907, but we are glad to 

 report that a considerable area in this infested section has now 

 been put in proper condition for effective spraying and burlap- 

 ping operations. 



The usual methods of work have been employed effectively 

 during the past season, but if more extensive spraying and bur- 

 lapping had been done at the proper time, a still greater im- 

 provement in the condition of the trees would have been ob- 

 tained. 



Unfortunately, the scarcity of suitable labor, and certain local 

 complications, have at times prevented the local -superintendent 

 from prosecuting the work to the best advantage. The work of 

 the coming season should consist of the thorough cleaning of the 

 residential section, the cutting and burning of worthless trees, 

 the tinning of cavities in orchard trees and the thinning of 

 woodlands immediately adjoining residential sections. These 

 operations should be followed up by a liberal amount of bur- 

 lapping and spraying. In the badly infested woodlands the 

 ground should be burned directly after the hatching of the egg 

 clusters. 



WALTHAM. 

 RICHARD A. JONES, Local Superintendent. 



There has been great difficulty at times in getting the citizens 

 of \Valtham to reali/.e fully the extent to which the city has 

 become infested by the gypsy moth, JUK! the irreat need for the 

 adoption of vigorous methods to secure its control. Because of 

 this state of affairs, the moths have been but slightly reduced in 

 numbers in the resident i:il sections, except in that part of the 

 city lying south of the Charles River. 



The condition of the street trees i- greatly improved, but pri- 

 vate est:ilc'S remain badly infected. The most serious problem 

 in Waltham, however, is furnished by the woodlands, where the 

 gypsy moth occurs in great numbers, and where a considerable 

 amount <,{ stripping took place in the caterpillar season of 1907. 

 The-e infested woodland districts, particularly those immedi- 



