1906.] PUBLIC DOCUMENT No. 73. 47 



MELROSE. 

 JOHN J. McCnLLOuGH, 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, . . . 6,945 29 

 1905, amount of State reimbursement, 2,222 65 



This city is thoroughly infested over its whole area. The 



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Pine Banks Park is now thoroughly infested and over 200 

 large white pines have been destroyed by the moths. In 

 the eastern section of this park the local superintendent has 

 thinned out the remaining deciduous trees, and the whole 

 territory now is in proper condition for banding and spray- 

 ing. This park is held in joint ownership by the cities of 

 Maiden and Melrose, and the actual operations against the 

 moths here have been under the general direction of Mr. 



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David F. Koy, who has urged that this work be prosecuted 

 with the utmost vigor and thoroughness. Over one-half of 

 the street trees of Melrose have been cleared from the moth, 

 and plans are now under way for a vigorous enforcement 

 of the law against the owners of private estates. Next 

 season a great deal of burlapping, banding and spraying will 

 be necessary in this city, and infested roadsides and walls 

 should be burned out. If the work in this city in 1906 can 

 be carried on with as much energy as in the past year, 

 satisfactory results will be obtained. 



NAHANT. 

 THOMAS J. DEVBNEY, Local Superintendent. 



1905, amount required before reimbursement, . . . $1,064 15 



1906, amount required before reimbursement, . . . 2,128 29 

 1905, amount expended in work against moths, . . . 230 00 

 1905, amount of State reimbursement, 



Nahant has received very careful attention in past years 

 from the tree warden, Mr. George Abbot James, and as a 

 result is in much better condition than many of the neigh- 

 boring towns. The gypsy moth has been found scattered 

 throughout the town, and the brown-tail moth is present in 



