﻿RECORDS 
  FROM 
  SELECTED 
  TOWNS. 
  

  

  47 
  

  

  estates. 
  The 
  colonies 
  were 
  scattered 
  through 
  practically 
  every 
  sec- 
  

   tion 
  of 
  the 
  town, 
  a 
  few 
  more 
  being 
  found 
  near 
  the 
  center 
  than 
  in 
  

   the 
  outskirts. 
  

  

  Northwest 
  of 
  the 
  town 
  of 
  Northboro 
  is 
  the 
  town 
  of 
  Boylston 
  

   (fig. 
  5). 
  One 
  egg 
  cluster 
  was 
  found 
  here 
  in 
  the 
  winter 
  of 
  1909-10, 
  

   and 
  during 
  the 
  following 
  year 
  140 
  were 
  found 
  in 
  41 
  different 
  locali- 
  

   ties. 
  In 
  1911-12 
  141 
  egg 
  clusters 
  were 
  found 
  in 
  41 
  localities 
  scat- 
  

   tered 
  over 
  the 
  town. 
  

  

  West 
  Boylston, 
  a 
  town 
  directly 
  west 
  of 
  Boylston, 
  was 
  scouted 
  

   by 
  the 
  inspectors 
  employed 
  by 
  the 
  State 
  of 
  Massachusetts 
  in 
  the 
  

   winters 
  of 
  190T-8 
  and 
  

   1908-9, 
  but 
  no 
  egg 
  clus- 
  

   ters 
  were 
  found. 
  During 
  

   the 
  winter 
  of 
  1909-10 
  

   secured 
  

  

  seven 
  were 
  

  

  on 
  

  

  five 
  estates, 
  and 
  during 
  

   the 
  following 
  winter 
  30 
  

   estates 
  were 
  found 
  in- 
  

   fested 
  with 
  156 
  egg 
  

   clusters. 
  During 
  the 
  

   winter 
  of 
  1911-12 
  378 
  

   egg 
  clusters 
  were 
  found 
  

   on 
  75 
  estates. 
  

  

  The 
  town 
  of 
  Holden, 
  

   which 
  is 
  directly 
  west 
  

   of 
  West 
  Boylston, 
  

   shows 
  an 
  increase 
  quite 
  

   similar 
  to 
  those 
  already 
  

   mentioned. 
  A 
  single 
  

   female 
  pupa 
  was 
  found 
  

   during 
  the 
  winter 
  of 
  

   1907-8, 
  but 
  the 
  follow- 
  

   ing 
  year 
  nothing 
  was 
  

   discovered 
  when 
  the 
  

   scout 
  was 
  made. 
  In 
  the 
  

   winter 
  of 
  1909-10 
  nine 
  

   estates 
  were 
  found 
  in- 
  

   fested, 
  each 
  with 
  a 
  single 
  egg 
  cluster, 
  while 
  in 
  L910-11 
  L0 
  estates 
  were 
  

   infested 
  with 
  45 
  egg 
  clusters. 
  In 
  1911-1^ 
  a 
  Large 
  increase 
  was 
  found, 
  

   455 
  being 
  discovered 
  on 
  07 
  estates. 
  

  

  The 
  city 
  of 
  Worcester 
  is 
  located 
  south 
  of 
  Holden, 
  and 
  was 
  firsl 
  

   found 
  infested 
  iu 
  the 
  summer 
  of 
  1 
  ( 
  .H)7. 
  when 
  Mr. 
  I). 
  M. 
  Rogers 
  found 
  

   a 
  few 
  caterpillars 
  on 
  an 
  estate 
  on 
  Hope 
  Avenue. 
  During 
  the 
  winter 
  

   of 
  1907-S 
  the 
  city 
  was 
  scouted 
  and 
  I! 
  egg 
  clusters 
  were 
  found 
  on 
  

  

  seven 
  estates. 
  These 
  were 
  well 
  scattered 
  over 
  the 
  city, 
  and. 
  owing 
  

  

  Fig. 
  5. 
  — 
  Map 
  of 
  town 
  of 
  Boylston, 
  Mass., 
  showing 
  in- 
  

   crease 
  in 
  gipsy-ruotb-infested 
  localities, 
  1909—10 
  and 
  

   1910-11. 
  (Original.) 
  

  

  # 
  Single 
  infestation 
  found 
  in 
  winter 
  1909-10. 
  

  

  X 
  Infestations 
  found 
  in 
  winter 
  of 
  L910 
  11. 
  

  

  