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  NEW 
  YORK 
  STATE 
  MUSEUM 
  

  

  1895. 
  It 
  Avould 
  only 
  be 
  necessary 
  to 
  extend 
  the 
  lines 
  indicated 
  in 
  1895 
  

   a 
  few 
  blocks 
  westward 
  and 
  northward 
  to 
  have 
  the 
  two 
  areas 
  coincident. 
  

   The 
  badly 
  infested 
  area 
  in 
  1896 
  was 
  the 
  southern 
  portion 
  of 
  the 
  city 
  

   bounded 
  on 
  the 
  north 
  by 
  State 
  street, 
  on 
  the 
  west 
  by 
  Dove 
  street, 
  and 
  

   on 
  the 
  south 
  by 
  Beaver 
  Park. 
  A 
  limited 
  infestation 
  was 
  noticed 
  in 
  the 
  

   vicinity 
  of 
  North 
  Hawk 
  street 
  and 
  Clinton 
  avenue. 
  

  

  The 
  second 
  and 
  third 
  broods 
  materially 
  extended 
  the 
  thickly 
  in- 
  

   fested 
  area. 
  The 
  westward 
  extension 
  is 
  to 
  Lark 
  street, 
  but 
  in 
  Lancaster, 
  

   reaching 
  almost 
  to 
  Washington 
  Park. 
  The 
  large 
  second 
  brood 
  on 
  the 
  

   Washington 
  avenue 
  trees, 
  hitherto 
  practically 
  free 
  from 
  the 
  pest, 
  defines 
  

   the 
  northwestern 
  limit 
  at 
  the 
  corner 
  of 
  Lark 
  street 
  and 
  the 
  avenue. 
  The 
  

   defohation 
  of 
  trees 
  in 
  Capitol 
  Park 
  and 
  on 
  the 
  streets 
  lying 
  off 
  North 
  

   Hawk 
  street, 
  indicates 
  a 
  northern 
  extension 
  of 
  the 
  insect 
  which 
  is 
  virtually 
  

   limited 
  by 
  Third 
  street, 
  and 
  easterly 
  and 
  westerly 
  by 
  North 
  Pearl 
  and 
  

   North 
  Swan 
  streets 
  respectively. 
  

  

  The 
  slow 
  spread 
  of 
  the 
  insect 
  is 
  in 
  accordance 
  with 
  the 
  partial 
  migra- 
  

   tory 
  habit 
  recorded 
  by 
  Dr. 
  Riley, 
  although 
  signs 
  of 
  its 
  presence 
  in 
  

   limited 
  numbers 
  are 
  to 
  be 
  found 
  over 
  a 
  much 
  larger 
  portion 
  of 
  the 
  city 
  

   than 
  indicated 
  above 
  — 
  ^ 
  practically 
  the 
  greater 
  portion. 
  

  

  Ravages 
  in 
  Albany. 
  

  

  The 
  ravages 
  of 
  this 
  insect 
  in 
  Albany 
  the 
  present 
  year 
  were 
  very 
  severe. 
  

   In 
  the 
  southern 
  portion 
  of 
  the 
  city, 
  where 
  the 
  insect 
  has 
  been 
  established 
  

   for 
  several 
  years, 
  almost 
  every 
  English 
  and 
  Scotch 
  elm 
  was 
  defoliated 
  at 
  

   least 
  once, 
  and 
  a 
  number 
  suffered 
  the 
  loss 
  of 
  their 
  second 
  leaves. 
  The 
  

   early 
  part 
  of 
  the 
  season, 
  a 
  number 
  of 
  fine 
  trees 
  had 
  died 
  and 
  were 
  removed. 
  

   Apparently, 
  it 
  only 
  requires 
  three 
  or 
  four 
  years 
  of 
  successive 
  defohation 
  

   to 
  kill 
  the 
  elms. 
  A 
  row 
  of 
  nine, 
  on^South 
  Hawk 
  street, 
  formerly 
  splendid 
  

   specimens 
  of 
  the 
  English 
  elm, 
  are 
  nearly 
  ruined 
  and 
  will 
  probably 
  die 
  the 
  

   coming 
  season. 
  The 
  Americanjelms 
  were 
  severely 
  injured 
  in 
  some 
  places, 
  

   several 
  having 
  been 
  nearly 
  defoliated 
  during 
  the 
  latter 
  part 
  of 
  the 
  summer. 
  

   The 
  injuries 
  to 
  this 
  native 
  species 
  are 
  on 
  the 
  increase, 
  as 
  is 
  evidenced 
  by 
  

   the 
  large 
  number 
  that 
  have 
  been 
  attacked. 
  It 
  is 
  safe 
  to 
  estimate 
  that 
  

   over 
  two 
  hundred 
  fine 
  elms 
  in^the 
  southern 
  residential 
  portion 
  of 
  the 
  city 
  

   have 
  already 
  been 
  killed 
  by 
  this 
  pernicious 
  pest. 
  From 
  present 
  indica- 
  

   tions, 
  it 
  is 
  only 
  a 
  question 
  of 
  time 
  when 
  the 
  European 
  elms 
  will 
  be 
  de- 
  

   stroyed 
  and 
  the 
  American 
  elms 
  seriously 
  injured, 
  unless 
  the 
  insect 
  be 
  

   checked 
  in 
  its 
  destructive 
  course, 
  by 
  eifective 
  action 
  of 
  the 
  citizens 
  of 
  

   Albany 
  or 
  its 
  civic 
  authorities. 
  

  

  