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July 66
.
Drowned
Chronic tuberculosis
.
24
66
-
Cerebral hemorrhage Heart disease
July
6 Abbie M. Grant 7 Manuel Cunha
49
5
9
34
-
8
Cordelia Hensley
8
59
5
62
Margaret H. Robbins
18
Albert L. Fernald
8
21
15
10
12
3 hrs
Jennie A. Whiting
39
Tuberculosis
Consumption
66
25
John B. S. Hadaway
77
4
Bridget Gilvary
5
1
18
1
5
Aug. 66
3 3
Eliza King
34
66
3
Charles Cromwell
74
66
4 George F. Hadaway
25
9
6
6
Mary E. Sweeney
1
1
21
Tetanus [of brain (d. in King- Whooping cough and c'ng'st'n Cholera Infantum
Old age
Marasmus
47
10
15
66
25
27 Charles O. Bartlett
46
S
4
28
Elizabeth Lewis Dunham
52
5
1
62
-
65 7
19
Dysentery [complications
Sept.
1 Mary Long
5
Arthur Ferreira
-
Coma (d. in Spencer) Accidental drowning [disease Natural causes, probably heart Tubeculosis
15 Marasmus Chronic Bright's disease
Whooping cough and conges- Stillborn [tion of brain
20 20 23
Ada L. Walker -- Torrance
-
24
Anna Asting
37
Cerebral hemorrhage
20
-
Consumption
Tubercular meningitis
Congenital syphilis
28 John Craualba Lizzie Page Howland
45
Consumption
Uremic poisoning
Carcinoma of stomach [ston)
3
21 Samuel Robertson
67
23
Louisa W. Field Helen Rasmussen
7
23
Septicemia (d. in Lynn) Capillary bronchitis
Pyo-nephrosis (d. in Boston) Nephritis
Cancer of breast (d. in Boston)
28
Margaret F. Morton
28 Frederick J. Bemis
57 3
16 Dysentery with heart
5
Constitutional weakness
Thomas Grafton and Charlotte Wood Manuel and Mary Joseph John H. and . Seth and Nancy Pierce John and Margaret Mowna Henry H. and Mercy M. Eddy W. Frank and Alice V. Jones
John G. and Ada A. Chase George H. and Mary Quinlan George Cooper and Almira Bartlett Asting and Anna Monthey Thomas and Frances Seymour Francis and Anne McGowen Charles A. and Alice M. Parker John and Eva Oliver Jacob and Betsey P. Page Peter and Harriet Boudrot
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Augustus S. and Nancy L. Finney Edward and Kate Ryan Alphonso and Rosa Branchini John and - David and Mary Cornish Winslow Allen and Louisa Nash Arnold and Josephine Hanson Charles D. and Charlotte Haywood Edwin Lewis and Elizabeth Holmes Lemuel and Hannah S. Holmes Pearson and Betsey Jackson Benjamin Holmes and Penelope Swift Joseph J. and Amelia Victorina
17 Robert Armando
21 William Pierce
92
27
28
Fred E. Morse
Pulmonary phthisis [of heart Congenital malformation
24
Seth Mahuren Nicholas Schnider
14
15 17
22
DEATHS ( CONTINUED. )
DATE.
NAME.
AGE. Y. M.
CAUSE OF DEATH.
NAMES OF PARENTS.
Sept. 6
9
Lena Martin
9
Alfred Pimentel
12
Cynthia P. Brown
61
12
William J. Callahan
1
3
2
Burns
19
Hiram S. Purrington
58
8
Paralysis (d. in Worcester)
20
Joanna Sullivan
52
Typhoid fever (d. in Whitman ) Bronchitis (d. in Boston)
21
Herman Fairchild Holmes
3
5
2
Malnutrition
22
Edgar C. Raymond
75
2
2
Valvular disease
23
Emma M. Frost
49
10
22
Locomotor atoxia
25
17
20
Endocorditis and nephritis Pneumonia (d. in Carver)
25
Catherine W. Barnes
84
2
3
26
Addie C. Weeks
39
11
13
30
Annie Muti
52
-
6
6
1
..
12
Isabel F. Mann
24
1 21
Child birth, exhaustion
14
Robert Nichols
43
7
10
Contusion of brain
17 Regina Perrault
8
5
1
71
4
10
27
Tor. Erick Gustav Norstedt
26
27
5
20
Multiple sarcoma of omentum
Charles and Henry and Lena Winter Joseph J. and Mary Da Conceicao George and
Daniel P. and Mary Maglathlin William S. and Lydia C. Sturtevant Jeremiah Murray and Elizabeth Lynch Nathaniel Russell and Catherine Elliott Herman and Anna F. Dean George and Priscilla Shaw Jesse Sanderson and Mariela Turner Thomas and Mercy Atwood Casper H. and Emma Tromner Golden and Inez
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[Harlow
Albert C. Chandler and Adeline F. John and Rosa Mass George H. and Lucia Baumgartner Albert and Carrie Benton Robert and Eunice Hill Zotigue and Euerille Viau · Henry and Babette Meinbartt John and Nancy Lucas
Martin and Emily Benson
Nov.
1 J Elwin L. Brewster
-
9
-
14
Cerebral hemorrhage [ston)
Cholera infantum (d. in King- Whooping cough and conges- Heart failure [tion of brain
21
Anna Harrison
65
Dropsy
24
Thomas Atwood Emma G. Voght
25
Manuel Andrew
28
1
Nephritis (d. in Dorchester) Pneumonia (d. in Brookline) Interstitial hepatitis
Oct. 6
Lawrence Sampson
Cerebro spinal meningitis
17 John H. Drommer
30
27 Abram Howland
Gangrene of lungs [Taunton) Pneumonia paresis (d. in Jutra cranial hemorrhage Accidentally killed
66
John Jacob Schneider
72
56
Nov.
1 Cezar Penor 1 Julia Lamond
73
10 16 Pheumonia (d. in Carver) Kidney disease 2 4 Still born 1
2 4 James C. Nicol
Hannah S. Davis
79
Disease of heart
66
Roxanna Lamb Peterson
12
Irma LaDrew Eddy
6
6
Tubercular Meningitis
15
Margaret Peck
63
8
12
Consumption Disease of heart
Eliza T. Whitmarsh
80
Ingenisco C. Pugh
17
2
7
Consumption
Abner Leonard
58
Uremia
29
Elizabeth Gallagher
3
1
Consumption
Dec.
6
Albert Lester Smith
7
2
26
Diphtheria (d. in Cambridge)
8
Anne M. Stephens
85
4
16
Pneumonia
[Waltham)
66
10
Jacob Henrich
17
9
25
Organic brain disease (d. in
11
Elfleda L. Chandler
24
11 16
Pleuritis angina pectoris (d. in Carver)
Lucia R. Weston
50
7
3
Carcinoma (d. in Falmouth)
Sarah A. Mace
92
4
Cerebral Apoplexy
18
Gladys Amy Sturks
4
9
Pneumonia
Georgianna Rickard
58
7 24
Valvular heart disease
Elizabeth Russell
85
-
2
13
75
2
23
Nephritis
[operation
24
Jane Charlotte Simmons Amos Green
81
9
14
28
Joseph W. Caldwell
50
11
29
Emile Eugene Verre
88
2
11
Old age
25
1
29
Consumption
Phillip and --- Gezunia - Davis and - Collins
Adam and Margaret Gibson [Baron John B. Thomas and Mary Howland Le- Joseph Howard and Sally R. Lamb James T. and Charlotte Covell -Hilkeni and
Ebenezer and Eliza Witherley Samuel L. Carr and Martha E. Pugh Abner and Zilpha Morton William H. and Elmira Robbins
Albert and Emeliza Hipson
Lawson Buckminster and Nancy Howe Jacob and Annie Becking Charles F. King and Susan S.
[mond
Stephen G. Cahoon and Susan T. Ray-
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John A. and Amy W. Perry William Hall and Susan Bagnell
Thomas and Mary Ann Goodwin
22
Gessie Ann Waters
Tuberculosis
Alexander Crouse and Grace Tulloch
23
Joseph G. Smith
38
2
17
Intestinal obstruction after
26
Kidney and heart disease Pneumonia
William and Betsey A. Tribou
Thomas and Anna -- James T. Eddy and Mary A. Wall
31
Mary A. Anderson
25
70
6 Exhaustion (d. in Milton)
7 11
79
1
Paralysis
17 21
25
13
17
-
Nathaniel Pitman and Abagail Sherburne
19
20
Pneumonia
42
Gardner and Rachel Pierce Forster Earl and Sarah Abel Richard and -
SUMMARY.
The following are the statistics of births, marriages, and deaths, registered in Plymouth for the year ending Decem- ber 31, 1900.
BIRTHS.
Number registered,
22I
Males,
II4
Females,
107
The parentage is as follows :
Both parents born in- United States,
85
Italy,
34
Germany,
23
Sweden,
5
England,
2
Russia,
6
British Provinces,
12
Western Islands,
4
Ireland,
I
France,
I
Azores,
I
Mixed, one American,
39
Mixed, neither American,
8
MARRIAGES.
Number of marriages registered in 1900,
98
Both parties born in-
United States,
40
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Germany,
3
Portugal,
I
Italy,
I8
British Province,
5
Sweden, 3
Mixed, one American,
25
Mixed, neither American,
3
DEATHS.
Number of deaths registered, 192, of which 42 occurred out of town, burial taking place in Plymouth.
Born in-
United States,
I61
Germany,
6
England,
2
Ireland,
6
France,
I
Sweden,
2
British Provinces,
5
Scotland,
3
Italy,
2
Portugal,
I
Cape De Verde Islands,
2
Unknown, I
Plymouth 5
TWELFTH ANNUAL. REPORT OF THE PARK COMMISSIONERS.
To the Inhabitants of the Town of Plymouth:
PARK ACCOUNT.
The undrawn balance from 1899 was $18 75 Appropriation, 750 00
44 cords of wood sold at Morton Park, 110 00
Bath house permits at Beach Park,
6 00
$884 75
Expenses for Morton Park.
Cutting and carting wood, trimming
trees and burning brush, $296 15
Labor on roads and paths, 170 5I
Axes, $9.46; printing, $7.50, 16 96
$483 62
Burton Park.
Clearing grounds, transplanting and trimming shrubs, 6 00
Bates Park.
Labor on walks, trees and shrubs, $17 30 Dressing, $3; painting settees, $1, 4 00 221 tons soil, $110.50; grading, 7.60, 118 10
$139 40
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Beach Park.
Labor clearing up grounds, $II 50
Repairing and painting settees, 6 00
Care of park by Harry L. Sampson,
15 00
Lock and dipper, 40
Deficiency in appropriation for wait- ing room, 20 71
$53 61
Undrawn balance,
202 12
$884 75
BEACH PARK ACCOUNT.
Special appropriation for waiting
room.
$300 00
Received from park appropriation. 20 71
Total receipts, $320 71
Expenses.
Carpenter work. $191 76
Plumbing, IIO 00
Painting. $15.20: labor, $3.75. 18 95
$320 71
TRAINING GREEN ACCOUNT.
Undrawn balance from 1899. $6 60
Appropriation, 200 00
$206 60
Expenses.
Labor on gravel walks. $39 56
Labor on board walks, 10 09
Lawn mower, $7.50; ashes, $10.13, 17 63
Care of grounds by B. E. Blackmer, 125 00
Undrawn balance, 14 32
$206 60
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The balance of the appropriation for parks will be used to pay for cutting wood in January and February.
MORTON PARK.
It is well known that coppice, or sprout growth, such as constitutes the bulk of our woods, is short lived. Many such trees in the park have reached the limit of their growth and are beginning to decay. It is the aim of your commissioners to develop the good seedling trees, and to add to their number and variety as fast as practicable. We wish to preserve the forest character of the park, but to make it more truly a forest,-composed of fine individual trees which will grow for generations, always increasing in grand- eur. To do this necessitates the cutting of many inferior trees which are losing their vitality and beauty, or choking the growth of promising seedlings, or occupying desirable places for planting trees which will be needed to maintain the forest when the coppice dies.
While trimming near the westerly side of Little Pond, in order to give room for the growth of some promising white pines, a fine view of this pond was opened unexpectedly; this view can be much enlarged without interfering with our general plan for improving the park.
A few years ago Mr. George P. Hayward gave some young black spruce and balsam fir trees to the park. These were set out in prominent places and are much valued,- especially because neither spruce nor fir is native to our woods. We regret to say that some of these fine young trees were stolen this winter-presumably for Christmas trees; they may have been taken by thoughtless persons who only considered the pleasure the trees would give when used for Christmas, but the commissioners must insist that no trees or shrubs in the park shall be removed or mutilated.
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The bridge over the dam will soon need to be rebuilt or thoroughly repaired. It may be better to abandon this crossing, bridge the brook about one hundred and fifty feet higher up the stream, and so improve the grade of the road on the southerly side of the brook.
PROPOSED ADDITION.
Only nine acres of this park lie on the southerly side of the brook. The chairman of the board has now succeeded in buying about nineteen acres more land on the same side of the brook, adjoining the park lands nearly all the way from Deepwater Bridge to Billington Sea, and including about three hundred and fifty feet more of the shore of Bill- ington Sea. A road has been built which gives easy access to the land, and paths wind through it in various directions.
About twelve and a half acres of the most desirable parts of this land, including the road, will be offered as a gift to the town next March for an addition to Morton Park. We consider that this tract of land would be a very valuable addition to the park and could be maintained at small ex- pense.
BEACH PARK.
The new waiting room at this park has served its purpose very satisfactorily. It was placed several feet above the foundation of the building which was washed away by the great storm of 1898.
The barrier placed on the beach in 1899 to aid in collect- ing the drifting sand and seaweed has raised the height of the beach in and around the barrier, which indicates that by such means the beach could be raised enough to prevent the highest tides from flowing over it.
The new outlet of Eel River to the sea has been closed twice by sand until the river got high enough to break through the beach again, each time breaking through a little
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further south than the previous opening. If the outlet continues to move southerly it may not be long before the river will find a direct outlet from the easterly end of the bridge to the sea.
BURTON PARK.
With the growth of the shrubbery at this park, some can be spared and used to advantage at Bates Park.
BATES PARK.
A favorable opportunity was used this year to increase the depth of soil on about one-third of the surface of this little park. The whole surface now has sufficient soil to maintain a good grass lawn, which, with the trees and shrubs, will make an attractive feature in that neighborhood.
TRAINING GREEN.
Notwithstanding the long-continued dry weather of last summer and fall, the grass on this public square remained green. This was probably due to the dressing of wood ashes which it received in early spring, and to the close cut- ting of the grass through the season. The care given to the grounds keeps them always neat and pleasing to the eye.
We ask for an appropriation of seven hundred and fifty dollars for parks, and of one hundred and eighty dollars for Training Green.
NATHANIEL MORTON. GEORGE R. BRIGGS. WALTER H. SEARS. Park Commissioners.
PLYMOUTH, MASS., December 31. 1900.
REPORT OF THE TREE WARDEN.
To the Inhabitants of the Town of Plymouth:
Section 1, Chapter 330, Acts of 1899, is as follows :
"Every town shall at its annual meeting for the election of town officers elect a tree warden, who shall serve for one year and until his successor is elected and qualified. He may appoint such number of deputy tree wardens as he deems expedient, and may at any time remove them from office. He and his deputies shall receive such compensation for their services as the town may determine, and, in default of such determination, as the selectmen may prescribe. He shall have the care and control of all public shade trees in the town, except those in public parks or open places under the jurisdiction of park commissioners, and of these also he shall take the care and control if so requested in writing by the park commissioners. He shall expend all funds ap- propriated for the setting out and maintenance of such trees. He may prescribe such regulations for the care and preserv- ation of such trees, enforced by suitable fines and forfeit- ures, not exceeding twenty dollars in any one case, as he may deem just and expedient; and such regulations, when ap- proved by the selectmen and posted in two or more public places in the town, shall have the force and effect of town by-laws. It shall be his duty to enforce all provisions of law for the preservation of such trees."
No appropration was made by the town under this law.
ACCOUNT.
The Selectmen allowed the tree warden a salary of $300 00 Received from P. & K. Street Railway Co. for
permission to remove two trees, 35 00
Received from Plymouth Gas Light Co. for
killing two trees by gas. 32 37
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Received from sundry other parties,
13 40
Total receipts,
$380 77
EXPENDED.
Labor of trimming and setting out trees,
$238 29
Saws, ropes, climbers and other tools. 16 61
Printing.
3 00
Traveling expenses of W. F. Gale of Spring- field, specialist on effect of gas on trees, 6 00
Trees, wire, bolting and counting trees, II 35
Part of cost of trimming trees on the route of the electric wires,
80 00
Salary remaining for other work to be done, 25 52
$380 77
About $150 of the above was spent in June and July for trimming trees to make head-room over sidewalks and room for vehicles in the streets.
Trees on the westerly side of the street from Kingston line to Cliff street had been much burned by the electric light and electric railroad wires. The plan proposed by the tree warden was to have the wires removed from the trees wher- ever there was liability of further damage; to have the elec- tric light wires supported on arms over the sidewalk and the railroad wires on arms over the street; and to trim the trees whatever might be necessary to give room for the wires; but when the dead and badly burned limbs were removed, it was found, in most cases, that the wires had made so much room for a route through the middle of the trees as to make it less objectionable to allow the wires to remain in the trees than to trim both sides of the trees for new routes. The cost of such trimming was $179.23, paid equally by the two electric companies. The cost of other needed trimming of the trees on the route of the electric wires was $80, in- cluded in the above account.
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Our public shade trees have never had the pruning that growing trees require to develop the best forms and ensure the longest life. To trim what is now needed to promote the best growth of the trees, remove surplus limbs and limbs hanging too low over buildings and streets, and thereby lessen the dangers of public travel, would require an esti- mated outlay of at least $600. One-half of this sum can be expended to the best advantage in March and April.
If the power given by law to the tree warden is rigidly enforced, the larger trees through which the electric wires pass may live and thrive for many years yet-but it would seem to be useless to plant more trees under the electric wires with any expectation of making large and beautiful trees, subject as the growing branches would be to chafings and burnings impossible to prevent. Not only on streets where electric wires are, or soon may be, but on many other streets, it would be most desirable to plant trees on the abutting lands several feet from the outside line of the street, the law au- thorizing towns to appropriate money for shade trees to be set out, by consent of the owner of the land, not over twenty feet from the street line.
The electric companies have been advised of their liability to the town for all damages done to trees by their wires. As tree warden I should make no claim for damages done this year before the month of October, the time when the route of the wires had been cleared by trimming. The experience we have had with the New England Telephone & Telegraph Co. on the route from Plymouth to Carver is a warning of the danger of permitting telephone and electric companies to trim or cut trees on the highway, and shows the necessity of doing such work ourselves at their expense.
THE IMPORTED ELM LEAF BEETLE.
The following quotations are abstracts from a circular of Prof. Robert A. Cooley, of the Hatch Experiment Sta- tion, Amherst, 1896:
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"The elm leaf beetle is a native of Europe, but made its first appearance in this country about sixty years ago, and, though it has long been present in the sea-board states south of us, it was not known to occur in Massachusetts till the summer of 1895."
"The insects pass the winter as perfect or adult beetles, in cracks of fences, piles of boards, etc., as well as in houses, barns, and other accessible places. They begin to appear the following spring, a little before the buds of the elm open, and continue to come out for two or three weeks. The females lay their eggs in clusters of from five to twenty, on the under side of the young leaves, and then die. The eggs are orange yellow in color. In about a week these eggs hatch, and it is in the larval stage that the greater part of the feeding is done."
"A full grown larva is about half an inch in length, and has a wide dorsal stripe of yellow, with a lateral stripe of the same color on each side. The greater part of the head and legs and the posterior portion of the last segment of the body are black."
"As soon as the young are hatched, they begin to feed, which they continue to do for about two weeks, but as the eggs do not all hatch at once, the larvæ may be found on the trees for a much longer period of time. When the larvæ have finished feeding. they crawl down the trunk of the tree in search of a place to pupate. The ground at the base of the tree appears to be the normal place for pupation, though many transform in crevices of the bark before reaching the ground, while others drop from the limbs, especially when they bend down near the ground."
"The pupa is uniform light yellow, oval in shape, more rounded on the back than on the ventral side, and is con- siderably shorter and broader than the full grown larva."
"In from six to ten days the perfect beetles emerge. and, after feeding on the leaves for a short time, seek their winter
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quarters, where they remain till the following spring. The perfect beetle averages about a quarter of an inch in length and is yellowish brown in color, with three more or less ap- parent longitudinal, blackish stripes on the back. Farther south there are two distinct broods of the insect each year. but in our latitude it is not probable that there is more than one, though a partial second brood may occur."
REMEDIAL MEASURES.
"In fighting these insects we may follow two lines of operation, according as they are few in number or abun- dant. Where there are but few. it may be as well to watch for and kill the pupa at the base of the trees. This is of great importance, since the larvæ from a few beetles, if al- lowed to lay their eggs, will do much damage. The loose bark of the trunk and larger limbs should be scraped off, that as many of the insects as possible may descend to the ground, and then once in four or five days those which have collected should be killed. This may be done by hand, where they are only scattering, or by the application of some contact insectcide, as boiling water, or kerosene emulsion diluted four times. If individual tree owners would care for their trees in the manner outlined, a great deal might be done to check the advance of this pest. Where the insects are numerous, more active measures must be adopted. If anything like thorough work is desired, it is of great im- portance to kill the beetles themselves when they first appear on the trees in the spring."
"Next in importance to the killing of the beetles is the killing of the larvæ, as they appear two or three weeks after the unfolding of the leaves."
Killing the beetles and larvæ is done by spraying the leaves with arsenate of lead much diluted.
If our town does what is needed in the year 1901 to best protect public shade trees, the tree warden may not be able to attend to trees on private grounds in the short time when
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the elm leaf beetle can be fought to the best advantage. This pest has spread so completely through the central part of the town that to avoid great harm to the trees every individual may need to protect his own trees. The tree warden can supply arsenate of lead and kerosene emulsion to parties for their own use more conveniently and cheaply than they can be made in small quantities.
This insect pest was first known in Plymouth about four years ago, but its ravages were not much noticed until July, 1900, when the yellow grubs were found in large numbers upon the ground near the trunks of trees and in the bark; the leaves of many of the trees had been much eaten by the larvæ. A visit to Framingham and Springfield, where they had been fighting the pest a few years, gave us much valu- able information as to methods of treatment. All that could be done to advantage so late in the year was to scrape the loose bark from the trees as high as could be reached from the ground, sweep together the bark, grubs, and any larvæ and beetles that were found, and burn the whole mass; then to spray the trunk and limbs with kerosene emulsion to the height of fifteen to twenty feet and the ground to some ex- tent, to kill any insects that might be crawling or hiding within reach of the spray. To pay the probable cost of such work, the Selectmen authorized the tree warden to draw from the town treasury to the amount of $200.
Paid for --
A force pump and fixtures, $28 33 200 feet of hose, nozzles, coupling, and rubber tubing, 30 40
Scraping tools, $7.23; kerosene oil, $21.42, 28 65
Whale oil soap and carbolic acid, 7 43
Labor, $104.40; trip to Springfield, $8, 112 40
$207 21
Received from 18 parties for scraping and
spraying trees on private land,
19 90
Amount of appropriation used,
$187 31
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By actual count there are about 1,200 large and 600 small elm trees in the streets and other public places in the town, not including cemeteries. In the list of small trees are put all that can be sprayed to their tops without climbing into the trees and which need no scraping. The most of the large trees should be scraped to the height of twelve to twenty feet to remove the beetles now hiding under the loose bark and in cavities in the limbs and trunk; such scrap- ings should be burned immediately. This work should all be done before April. Much of the scraping has to be done on ladders and would cost two hundred and fifty dollars, or more.
Spraying the leaves with arsenate of lead, much diluted, should begin about the middle of May and continue about six weeks, the interval between the first and last hatchings of larvæ. A few weeks later, as the yellow grubs (pupæ) begin to form, is the time to spray the trunks and ground with kerosene emulsion and destroy what would otherwise be the seed for the next crop of beetles.
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