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want to, notwithstanding that our lcg"al friends will try to 

 discourage us from exercising our powers. I have not met 

 a single person that has found any fault with my orders as 

 tree warden, but at the same time it behooves us all to use 

 discretion and not overstep our boundaries. I thank you very 

 much, and I am sorry I have made this lengthy talk, but, as 

 I said before, the gentleman on my left took all the wind out 

 of my sails. 



Judge Root: I am very sorry if the effect of my remarks 

 will be to discourage any tree warden. I hope they will all 

 strike in and do everything they were inclined to do. It will 

 make our business better. 



Mr. Hale: Now I thought Brother Hoyt was the only 

 man that was going to grind his little axe, but the lawyer gets 

 in his last whack every time. Now the next thing on our 

 program is probably the most interesting of the whole evening, 

 and it is the lecture by Prof. A. H. Kirkland on insect ene- 

 mies of shade trees. 



Insect Enemies of Shade Trees. 



This was an illustrated lecture by Prof. A. H. Kirkland, 

 of Boston, who is in charge of the work for suppressing the 

 Gypsy and Brown-tail Aloths in Massachusetts, and proved to 

 be one of the most valuable features of the program. 



The professor is a leading authority on the subject of 

 shade tree pests, and his address, which dealt especially with 

 the injuries to trees by various insects and methods for con- 

 trolling the same, was listened to with close attention. 



Nearly 100 fine lantern slides were shown, illustrating noi 

 only insect depredations, but also how the work of protection 

 is carried on in Massachusetts. Numerous views of famous 

 old trees and beautifully shaded streets in New England towns 

 were thrown on the screen, to the delight of the audience. 



It is to be regretted that none of these splendid views can 

 be reproduced here, nor can we give but a brief abstract of 

 the lecture, which is as follows : 



