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Maiden. 



It was reported in 1896 that for several years very little 

 injury had been done by the gypsy moths to the foliage in 

 Maiden. Still less injury was done in 1897, but, as only a 

 small portion of the city was burlapped, the moths increased 

 in number considerably during the summer. Most of the 

 city was rapidly gone over in the fall, and all the eggs seen 

 in this rapid inspection were destroyed. Although the eggs 

 are not now very numerous anywhere, the city is, as last 

 year, generally infested, and it is probable that no advance 

 toward extermination has been made in Maiden by the work 

 of this season. Situated in the centre of the infested region, 

 Maiden has been perforce neglected. Most of the trees 

 should be burlapped in 1898, and everything possible should 

 now be done to exterminate the moth there, as otherwise it 

 cannot be prevented from spreading into the neighboring 

 towns. 



Marblehead. 



The gypsy moth has been found in 1897 in only one local- 

 ity in Marblehead. This colony was mentioned in the last 

 annual report. All eggs which could be found were de- 

 stroyed in the spring. The eggs were distributed along a 

 stone wall overgrown with underbrush, and a few caterpillars 

 hatched from scattered eggs in the wall and from eggs hidden 

 in hollow trees. The undergrowth along the wall was then 

 burned and the trees burlapped. Only two egg-clusters were 

 found in the fall. The entire town had a tree-to-tree inspec- 

 tion in 1896-97. It now needs an occasional inspection to 

 prevent its becoming reinfested. 



Medford. 



Medford, where the moth was first introduced into this 

 country, is situated near the centre of the infested district, 

 and is now, as in 1891, the place most infested of all the 

 region. The centre of infestation, however, has changed from 



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the residential and business portion, in which much restric- 

 tive work has been done, to the woodlands of the Middlesex 

 Fells. There the moth has hardly been held in check by all 



