42 GYPSY AND BROWN-TAIL MOTHS. [Jan. 



colonies have reached formidable proportions. During the 

 summer the trees along the main streets were burlapped, 

 and a limited amount of spraying was done. Throughout 

 the southern half of the town the roadside brush has been cut 

 and the work of clearing the street trees of the moth pests is 

 under way. 



The town officials have supported the work in a very sat- 

 isfactory manner and the actual field operations have been 

 thoroughly and economically performed. The trees in the 

 sections infested by the gypsy moth should be burlapped 

 next season and spraying also will be necessary in certain 

 localities. It is important that the woodland problem be 

 taken up in this town as soon as possible as it is practically 

 impossible to keep the street trees free from the moth while 

 large colonies exist in the woods. 



LYNN. 



NATHAN M HAWKKS, Local Superintendent. 



1905, amount required before reimbursement, . . . $2,500 00 



1906, amount required before reimbursement, . . . 5,000 00= 

 1905, amount expended in work against moths, . . . 6,204 44 

 1905, amount of State reimbursement, 1,852 22 



Lynn is generally infested with the gypsy moth, both in 

 the woodland and the residential sections. The results of a 

 thorough examination of the city by Inspector H. W. Vinton 

 have been made known to the local authorities. The Lynn 

 Woods Park, one of the largest of our suburban woodland 

 reservations, is generally infested. The number of very 

 serious colonies here is considerable. The land held by the 

 water board in this section is also badly infested. So severe 

 has been the attack of the gypsy moth caterpillars in past 

 years that over 100 acres of trees have been killed on the 

 northerly side of Glen Lewis Pond. During the caterpillar 

 season the worst infested sections in the park were bur- 

 lapped and attended, although this work would have been 

 more effective if it had been possible to do it earlier in the 

 season. About one-half of the street trees in the residential 

 section were also burlapped and attended. In November a 

 large gang was put at work thinning out the badly infested 

 sections in the park. A great deal remains to be done here, 



