KM; (iVPSV AND BKOWN-TAIL .MOTHS. [Jan. 



while those of us who arc neighbors have had to do work daily in de- 

 stroying the caterpillars which crossed the si reel and visited our trees. 



Fmir sumiMiTs airo thciv was a proportion of about 90 brown-tail 

 moths to 10 gypsy moths in every 100 caterpillars I destroyed. The 

 following summer this proportion was exactly reversed. During the 

 pa-t summer I do not think 1 have seen a dozen brown-tail caterpillars 

 on my premises. 



There is no doubt that conditions on my place are very much better 

 than last year, and especially two years ago. So far as I have seen, the 

 city work on the street trees has been well done. 



Arc. 1, 1906. 



FRANK R. Sna o.\i. TI;KASU:KI;. .M U.DEN TRUST COMPANY, MALDEN. 



Two or three years ago the '^ypsy moth caterpillars were a great 



nuisance in my neighhorh 1 ; they simply swarmed. I recall a tree 



that was so loaded with them that people would stop and look at it, as 

 a curiosity. The larger trees on Glenwood Street and in the section 

 next to the Staples lmu>e \\ere stripped clean. To-day these trees are 

 in good foliage. We have caterpillars, but they cannot ascend our trees, 

 on account of the sticky hands. My apple trees, which in the past were 

 stripped in the course of the summer and then leaved out again, have 

 scarcely had their le;ive> riddled this year. So far as I am able to dis- 

 cover, the city work has been well done. I believe that if the State con- 

 tinues- work along the lines laid down, unceasingly and without any 

 let-up, the practical extinguishment of the gypsy moth can be brought 

 about; but there must be no cessation in the work for a lung time to 

 (..me. 



Ai 0. 1, 1906. 



AV. B. SOUTIIWUIJTII, MALDKX. 



Last year we crushed the caterpillars as we walked on the sidewalks, 

 and the year before they were even worse than this. AA'e could hear 

 the sound of their " munching'' up in the trees. The gypsy caterpillars 

 jot into the shrubbery, on the pia/./as. sides of the houses, etc.,- were 

 a perfect nuisance, in fact. To day there are only a few in our neigh- 

 borhood, and no stripping of the trees is visible on Heltran Street, 

 where I live. 



Last \car there was a -real demand for lotion for brown-tail poison, 

 and I sold a lot of it. This year only three or four cases of poisoning 

 have come to my not ice. 



The city work under Mr. I'owell's direction has been very satisfactory 

 to the citi/ens. 



\i .. i. i" 



CHARLES <1. \Y\I;KI\. Mnui:. MAI.I>KX. 



The moth situation in the city is much improved. Less caterpillars 



are to he Been, and there have been less si;:us of stripping. ILixiim' a 



iperintendenl with general oversight of operations has been of 



