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tunce discovered in a few localities elsewhere. The eastern and 

 northern sections of the town were scatteringly infested, the 

 most important colony being in the woodland, near the Arling- 

 ton line. Here a great deal of thorongh work was done by the 

 employees of the committee, and the colony pnt in excellent 

 condition for exterminative work. 



1904. — Through the neglect of the remnants of the wood- 

 land colonies previously mentioned, the insect slowly increased 

 there from year to year, until the i:)ast summer it swept like a 

 devouring swarm over perhaps one hundred acres of woodland, 

 and ruined shade trees and shrubbery on many beautiful private 

 estates. As yet the residential portion of the town is only 

 scatteringly infested, but with the large woodland colony re- 

 maining on the north and Avitli the other infestations of the 

 town it is but a question of time, unless active measures are 

 taken, when the whole town will become thoroughly infested. 



Boston. 



1899. — At the close of the year 1899 a small infestation was 

 known to exist at Orient Heights, and another one at Cottage 

 Street in the Dorchester district. These were thoroughly dealt 

 with at the time of their discovery. Tlie Cottage Street colony 

 has since received the attention of Mr. William Doogue, city 

 forester, and has been practically wij^ed out. 



1904. — The Orient Heights colony has now developed to a 

 point where considerable stripping of trees was noticed last 

 summer. A colony of considerable importance has been found 

 on Commonwealth Avenue, and another at Allston. There can 

 be little doubt that the moth has spread into the city at many 

 points from the badly infested sections lying to the north and 

 west, and that many incipient colonies now exist within the 

 limits of Boston proper. 



BrookUne. 



1899. — The town of Brookline was practically free from the 

 moth at the close pf 1899. In this town a great deal of very 

 thorough and careful work was done by the employees of the 

 committee, with the result that at the close of the work it was 

 believed that the moth had been practically exterminated from 

 the town. 



1904. — It is now evident that the moth was exterminated in 

 the old Brookline colonies, since careful examination at the 

 end of five years fails to show any jiresence of the insect. There 



