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In IS'il Melrose was found to be considerably infested. 

 Many bad colonies were found then and later in the villages 

 and woodlands. At tin- present time all the northern part 

 of the town has been carefully gone over, and very few 

 moths have been found. A large amount of work remains 

 to be done in the southern portion, especially in the wood- 

 lands, and much work might profitably be done there during 

 the present winter and the spring of 181)7. Careful inspec- 

 tion now begun should be continued and finished before the 

 egirs hatch in the spring. 



Maiden. 



The western portion of Maiden, being contiguous to that 

 portion of Medford where the moth was first introduced, 

 early became infested, and Edge worth in 1891 was literally 

 overrun by the caterpillars. Much careful work was then 

 done in destroying egg-clusters and caterpillars, and this has 

 been followed up year by year sufficiently to hold the moth 

 in check throughout the entire city. Very little injury to 

 the foliage has been done since 181)1, except in a few cases. 

 During the present year there was an outbreak in the southern 

 part of the city, near the city pumping station, where the 

 trees on about half an acre were more or less defoliated. 

 While the moths have been held in check in Maiden, even 

 in that portion of the city contained in the woodland of the 

 Middlesex Fells, they cannot be said to be exterminated 

 anywhere; for, as the city is generally infested, any colony 

 cleared is likely to become reinvested. Maiden is in such a 

 condition, however, that, were sufficient means provided at 

 once to clear this and the neighboring towns, the moths 

 could be almost entirely exterminated from the city in one 

 year's time. 



Everett. 



The north-we-tern portion of Everett, which is contiguous 

 to Medford and Maiden, was badly infested by the moth in 

 l.s'Jl, and moth colonies were scattered generally over the 

 city. The work in the city in 1891 greatly improved its 



