Annals of Horticulture-. 



>, of $25,000, for the accomplishment of the desired end, 



Dnductthe work. *An additional appropriation of an equal 

 unt was made later in the year. 



he commissioners, in entering upon their labors, found 

 the moth, instead of being confined to the narrow limits 



re named, had already invaded various parts of a territory 

 miles long by sixteen broad. Active measures were car- 

 on by the commissioners during the season of 1890, yet, 



:s close, they reported the insect in seven towns, over an 



1 he following year, in lieu of the comi 



nd by them entrusted to a Gypsy-Moth 

 arefully selected persons. The magniti 



It appears, from a special report on the subject recenuj 

 nade by the State Board of Agriculture, that its committei 

 las conducted its work during the past year, /'. c, in 1891 

 vith energy, with judgment, and with all the success tha 

 :ould have been expected. Some of the measures used DjJ 

 t for the control of the insect were the following : Spray 

 ng trees with Paris green in water ; spraying the caterpillar: 

 vith insecticides that kill by contact ; spraying infested ston< 

 vails with kerosene and firing it ; gathering the egg-cluster: 

 ind burning them ; banding the trees with tarred paper t( 

 Dreyent the ascent of the caterpillars, and with burlaps for 



