﻿RECORD 
  OF 
  SCOUTING 
  IN 
  GARDNER, 
  MASS. 
  55 
  

  

  November 
  1, 
  1911, 
  by 
  scouts 
  in 
  charge 
  of 
  Mr. 
  W. 
  T. 
  Kelly. 
  The 
  tree 
  

   growth 
  was 
  rated 
  by 
  him 
  as 
  follows: 
  

  

  Per 
  cent. 
  

  

  Per 
  cent. 
  

  

  Conifers 
  25 
  

  

  Oak 
  21 
  

  

  Maple 
  25 
  

  

  Ash 
  2 
  

  

  Birch 
  27 
  

  

  Miscellaneous 
  10 
  

  

  In 
  all 
  about 
  5 
  square 
  miles 
  of 
  woodland 
  were 
  scouted, 
  and 
  as 
  the 
  

   town 
  is 
  very 
  hilly 
  it 
  was 
  hoped 
  that 
  evidence 
  of 
  wind 
  dispersion 
  

   might 
  be 
  found 
  on 
  the 
  high 
  land. 
  

  

  In 
  the 
  winter 
  of 
  1910-11 
  the 
  roadsides 
  and 
  orchards 
  were 
  ex- 
  

   amined, 
  and 
  eight 
  egg 
  clusters 
  were 
  found 
  in 
  two 
  localities. 
  As 
  a 
  

   result 
  of 
  the 
  present 
  scouting 
  no 
  infestations 
  were 
  discovered 
  in 
  

   these 
  places, 
  but 
  two 
  new 
  orchard 
  colonies, 
  one 
  containing 
  eight 
  and 
  

   the 
  other 
  three 
  egg 
  clusters, 
  were 
  found. 
  No 
  egg 
  clusters 
  were 
  found 
  

   in 
  the 
  woodland. 
  

  

  Practically 
  all 
  of 
  the 
  badly 
  infested 
  territory 
  lies 
  to 
  the 
  east 
  and 
  

   south. 
  

  

  RECORD 
  OF 
  SCOUTING 
  IN 
  GARDNER, 
  MASS. 
  

  

  On 
  April 
  26, 
  1912, 
  scouting 
  in 
  Gardner, 
  Mass., 
  was 
  begun 
  by 
  Mr. 
  

   F. 
  AY. 
  Foster 
  and 
  a 
  crew 
  of 
  experienced 
  scouts 
  working 
  under 
  the 
  

   direction 
  of 
  Mr. 
  H. 
  N. 
  Bean. 
  A 
  part 
  of 
  the 
  woodland 
  west 
  of 
  the 
  

   Boston 
  & 
  Maine 
  Railroad 
  and 
  north 
  of 
  the 
  Fitchburg 
  Railroad, 
  

   covering 
  almost 
  2,368 
  acres, 
  was 
  examined. 
  Owing 
  to 
  the 
  predomi- 
  

   nence 
  of 
  coniferous 
  and 
  sprout 
  growth 
  two 
  other 
  areas 
  were 
  selected 
  

   north 
  and 
  east 
  of 
  the 
  town, 
  where 
  deciduous 
  trees 
  were 
  abundant. 
  

  

  Gardner 
  is 
  on 
  the 
  ridge 
  of 
  land 
  which 
  forms 
  the 
  watershed 
  of 
  the 
  

   Connecticut 
  and 
  Merrimac 
  Rivers 
  and 
  their 
  tributaries, 
  and 
  on 
  

   account 
  of 
  its 
  elevation, 
  about 
  1,300 
  feet 
  above 
  sea 
  level, 
  it 
  was 
  

   thought 
  that 
  evidence 
  of 
  wind 
  spread 
  of 
  the 
  larvae 
  might 
  be 
  found. 
  

   The 
  examination 
  showed, 
  however, 
  that 
  the 
  forest 
  growth 
  was 
  not 
  

   favorable 
  for 
  infestation. 
  The 
  season 
  is 
  considerably 
  later 
  in 
  this 
  

   locality 
  than 
  in 
  the 
  lower 
  land 
  near 
  Boston. 
  

  

  Gardner 
  is 
  a 
  large 
  chair-manufacturing 
  center, 
  and 
  most 
  of 
  the 
  

   hardwood 
  has 
  been 
  cut 
  off, 
  presumably 
  to 
  be 
  used 
  for 
  that 
  purpose. 
  

  

  The 
  kinds 
  of 
  tree 
  growth 
  examined 
  were 
  rated 
  by 
  Mr. 
  Poster 
  as 
  

   follows 
  : 
  

  

  Per 
  cent. 
  

  

  Conifers 
  67i 
  

  

  Oak 
  2 
  

  

  Maple 
  13 
  

  

  Per 
  cent. 
  

  

  Beech 
  

  

  Birch 
  L0 
  

  

  Miscellaneous 
  r> 
  

  

  Many 
  orchards 
  in 
  this 
  city 
  are 
  slightly 
  in 
  Tested, 
  but 
  no 
  large 
  col- 
  

   i 
  nies 
  have 
  ever 
  been 
  found. 
  The 
  scouting 
  work 
  resulted 
  in 
  the 
  dis- 
  

   covery 
  of 
  only 
  one 
  infestation 
  in 
  woodland 
  which 
  was 
  located 
  I'm- 
  

   enough 
  from 
  orchard 
  infestations 
  so 
  that 
  the 
  larv;e 
  might 
  have 
  been 
  

  

  