GYPSY AND BKOWN-TAIL MOTHS. [Jan. 



' that pro-re-- commensurate with the outlay has been 



made. 



During the summer the street trees were Imrlapped and 

 thoroughly attended, large numbers of caterpillars being thus 

 destroyed. In late summer the brush in badly infested locali- 

 ties wa- t-nt and burned, and these places put in good condition 

 for next season's work. The entire woodland of the city was 

 scouted during the 1 fall, and two large gypsy colonies, one off 

 Essex Suvct and one off Brimlial Avenue, were found. This 

 inspect i ni showed that the woodland as a whole was generally 

 infested with scattering gypsy moth nests, and is indeed in a 

 mo-t serious condition. It will be necessary to expend a large 

 sum of money in the woodlands if the moth is to be held in 

 check then-. 



The condition of the residential section is decidedly better 

 than that of 190G. At the present time the work of cleaning 

 the -treet trees and destroying infested brush along roadsides is 

 in progress. 



It is only fair to say that in Beverly the mayor and the city 

 government have shown at all times the most gratifying willing- 

 iii" to co-operate with this office in the work, and that the 

 administration of the local superintendent has been highly sat- 

 isfactory. 



BOSTON. 



D. HKNKY Si;i,MVAX, Local Superintendent. 



During the early part of the year the public grounds depart- 

 ment, eeiiiciery department and the school department cleared 

 all trees under their charge of both species of moths. In April 

 a force of KID men employed by the park department made 

 an eil'ort to enforce the re<|iiiivnien!s of the law on private 

 ates, lnii, owing to the lateness of the season, little was acc'.m- 

 pli-hed. The principal work done on private estates was at 

 I Inuhtou. l-'.a-t Mo-ton and in part of Koxbnry. Xo burlapping 

 \\a- done in the city, hut diirimr -lime a coii.-iderahle amount 

 praying wa- done hy the park department, with generally 

 <l n -ults. Owing to the serious neglect of private estates 

 during the u inter, there wa.- an unfortunate outbreak of the 



