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throughout the burlapped area. These burlaps were at- 

 tended with the utmost care, and very few egg-clusters 

 were found in the fall. As a few had been found in 1897 in 

 Weston, just over the Lincoln border more than 3,000 trees 

 were burlapped in that town. No egg-clusters were found 

 in the fall inspection in Weston. Only one egg-cluster was 

 found on the trees in the original colony in Lincoln, where 

 hundreds of thousands of caterpillars were destroyed by 

 iirc the year previous. It is intended during the winter 

 and before the eggs hatch in the spring to take out all the 

 rubbish and worthless trees in the infested woodland in 

 Lincoln, so that the burlaps may be doubly effective in 

 1899. A part of this work has already been done. If the 

 necessary work can be done here in 1899, the gypsy moth 

 should be very rare in Lincoln at the end of that year. 



Lynn. 



Very few gypsy moths were found in the city of Lynn in 

 1*98. Greater care than ever was taken with the work in 

 the Lynn woods. Nearly twice as many burlaps were put 

 on in these woods :is were used in 1897, but the number of 

 caterpillars found was very much less. Considering the 

 nearness of Lynn to the Saugus woods, it will be wise to 

 inspect thoroughly at an early day the whole city, including 

 the woods. 



Lyimfield. 



As all the old colonies in Lynntield found prior to 1893 

 were exterminated several years since, most of the work 

 done here in 1898 was confined to those colonies found later 

 in the woods. In these the moths appear to be nearly 

 though not quite exterminated. It is now time to give the 

 whole town another thorough inspection. 



Manchester. 

 In July, 1898, notice was sent to the director's office that 

 the gypsy moth was doing much injury in Manchester. 

 At this time the gypsy caterpillars had already stripped the 

 foliage from trees in an orchard, and were spreading through 

 a strip of salt marsh to the woods beyond, eating the salt 



