M GYPSY AM) BROWN-TAIL MOTHS. [Jan. 



ground .-hould be burned over and the trees burlapped and at- 

 tended. 



It would be well to have this town thoroughly scouted in the 

 near future. 



MILTON. 

 XATHANIKL T. KIDDKR, Local Supei-inten<1fnt. 



The \v<>rk in tlii- to\vu has been excellently carried out under 

 the diiveiioi] of Mr. Kidder, and has had liberal support from 

 the town oiiicials and eiti/.ens. 



The condition- as regard- the i:yp-y ninth in Milton otl'er a 

 peculiar ditlieiiliy. in that most of the colonies occur on large 

 estates, where much ornamental shrubbery has been planted. 

 This make- it necessary to adopt methods which will eliminate 

 the moth with the least possible damage to such plantings, ;( nd 

 naturally the principal reliance mu-t he placed upon spraying. 



The trees in the infested localities have been burlapped and 

 well attended. ;md a considerable amount of spraying has been 

 done, brush along infested road.-idcs has been cut, and imnier- 

 oii- decayed trees removed. As a re-nlt of the season's work 

 the town i- in a better condition a- regards the moth pests than 



in r.H>r,. 



The winter work is well in hand, and next season the in- 

 fi-sted -tone walls will be burned out. It is hoped that we shall 

 he able to have the woodland along the border of the Blue Hills 

 reservation thoroughly scouted at the beginning of the next 

 caterpillar season. 



XATJCK. 



Ih.NRY 8. Hr.\.\K\vi-:i,L, I.ncnl Sni'i rial, inl<nt. 



I'p to the close of the spraying season work in this town was 

 carried on under conn-act, and included a scouting of the town, 

 the bin-lapping of tree- in the known infested localities and the 

 -dicral -praying of street tree-. In the latter part of June Mr. 

 .1. L Shaw wa- appointed depiuy superintendent. He has 

 carried on the work in a very satisfactory manner, under the 

 direction of the local superintendent All uyp-y moth i\> 

 have been destroyed np to the probable snow line in nearly all 

 the orchards and in the residential section. The fall inspec- 



