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the difficult operation of clearing tall elms of both insects, 

 was also inspected ; while later a lecture, with lantern slides 

 showing all stages of the insects, was given by the superin- 

 tendent. This meeting has proved of great educational value, 

 and has saved much travel and correspondence on the part 

 of the central organization. 



DANGER TO PARKS. 



In no section of the United States, perhaps, has so much 

 been done for the preservation of woodland areas for the 

 benefit of future generations as in Massachusetts. Large 

 amounts of public and private funds have been invested for 

 the purpose of providing places where the rapidly increasing 

 population can enjoy fresh air and the beauties of lake and 

 wood. Boston early took the initiative in this eifort, and 

 its beautiful park system has served as a model for many 

 cities throughout the country. An excellent illustration of 

 park building on a smaller scale is found in Pine Banks 

 Park, on the borders of Maiden and Melrose, .where the 

 late Hon. E. C. Converse, noted for many philanthropies, 

 devoted to this purpose many acres of land covered with a 

 magnificent growth of white pine mingled with deciduous 

 trees. He expended large sums of money in developing the 

 tract, cutting out roadways and beautifying the surroundings 

 with rare shrubs and beds of flowers, all combined with the 

 art of the experienced forester, to obtain beauty and com- 

 fort without detracting from the delights of the wild wood- 

 land. 



Plymouth has followed, with its still larger area at Morton 

 Park, where the tangled woodland is traversed with well- 

 kept drives and footpaths skirting the shores of Billiugton 

 Sea and its attendant ponds. Quincy, next door to popu- 

 lous Boston, where a rapidly increasing population is cov- 

 ering its area with buildings, has provided Merry Mount 

 Park, which is being developed as rapidly as the resources 

 of a young city will admit. To the northeast the great Lynn 

 Woods Reservation offers solitude and recreation to thou- 

 sands each summer. 



