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tion with the work of the Highway Commission, who by their 

 appropriations and organization can best and most effectively 

 bring about good results, and good object lessons, on these 

 lines. 



The great danger to our profit-yielding, shade-giving, and 

 scenery-making, leaf-bearing trees from insect pests and fun- 

 gous growth is too well known, and requires the best thought 

 that our Commonwealth can give to the subject. The Mas- 

 sachusetts Society for Promoting Agriculture has recently 

 offered to the cities and towns of the State to provide a 

 lecturer and stereopticon to the extent of fifty lectures on this 

 subject during January, February and March, and a consider- 

 able number have already been assigned. The fact that Mr. 

 A. H. Kirkland is the chosen lectiu-er guarantees an intelli- 

 gent presentation of this subject. 



By unanimous vote of the committee, 



FRANCIS H. APPLETON, 



Chairman. 



