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road station ; it may be reached by taking the 

 electric car marked " Reading," at Everett 

 Elevated Terminal, and leaving the car at 

 Franklin Square, Melrose Highlands. 



Headquarters for the quarantine, research, 

 and field-control work against the gipsy moth 

 and the brown-tail moth. A. F. Burgess, senior 

 entomologist, in charge ; S. S. Crossman, ento- 

 mologist, first assistant. 



Field work is being conducted to prevent the 

 spread of the gipsy moth and to determine the 

 area to be quarantined. This work consists of 

 scouting and of treating infested areas by creo- 

 soting, clean-up work, and spraying. H. L. 

 Blaisdell, administrative officer, in charge. 



United States Entomological Laboratory (main 

 office, 9&i Main Street) (for cooperation sec 

 main office). — Located at 17 East Highland 

 Avenue. Telephone, Melrose 0508. 



Research work on the gipsy moth and the 

 brown-tail moth. Work on the introduction, es- 

 tablishment, and dispersion of the natural ene- 

 mies of the gipsy moth and the brown-tail 

 moth is being conducted. Experimental work 

 is also being conducted on such allied subjects 

 as insecticides, dispersion, native hosts of intro- 

 duced parasites, food plants, and field observa- 

 tions to determine the degree of infestation and 

 the resulting damage. A storehouse is main- 

 tained :*t 2G6 Franklin Street (telephone, Mel- 

 rose 06S0) for the housing and care of motor 

 vehicles, equipment, spray apparatus, and sup- 

 plies-. C. W. Collins, entomologist, in charge. 



Pittsfield 



Preventing Spread of the Gipsy and Brown-Tail 

 moths (main office, 964 Main Street, Melrose 

 Highlands, Mass.) (for cooperation see main 

 office). — Field-control storehouse (telephone. 



