EXPERIMENT STATION EEPORT. 5G7 



''The fall wcb-worm and the bag'-wonn "wore present in some 

 numbers, especially the web-worm. The latter was especially 

 nnmerons on the wild cherry and in gardens on fruit trees. The 

 only combating of the web-worm that came mider our charge was 

 on a street of Oriental planes that we had planted. We cut out tlie 

 twiffs that were infested and burned them." 



Montclair. 



JVIoiitclair has no organized shade tree canmission, and the task 

 of keeping the trees in condition is imposed upon Mr. Malcolm H. 

 Smith, superintendent of roads and sewers. This task is really 

 very well performed, all things considered, and Mr. Smith keeps 

 in communication with the office, while occasional inspections are 

 made by oile or the other member of the office force. 



June 28th, Mr. Dickerson, at the request of a conmiittee of the 

 council ap]3ointed tO' investigate the condition of the shade trees, 

 ]nade a rather careful survey, accompanied by the members of the 

 committee, and later presented a full report showing what was 

 observed and making suggestions as to what could and should bo 

 done to keep the town trees in health and vigor and free from 

 insect pests. 



August 20th, he made another visit, at the request of the super- 

 intendent, and found a local infestation of iIk pigeon Tremex on 

 ]'ed maples, as well as some injury due to bark beetles. 



At those ])laces where the cottony scale was so very abundant 

 last year and the year before only isolated examples could lie 

 found, and not many of those. Everywhere tlie work of the L'occi- 

 vellid was in evidence, and ver)' few survivors remain to continue 

 tlie species. The Pseudococcus was almost equally Avell in control, 

 and occurred nowhere in obvious numbers. On the whole, condi- 

 tions were favorable, and the trees generally werci in goo<l shape, 

 so far as insect infestation is concerned. 



Holiokeii. 



This city also lacks organization for keeping its trees in good 

 condition, but the council did go far enough to employ Messrs. 

 Bobbink and Atkins, of Rutherford, who give essentially the fol- 

 lowing account of their doings : 



