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89 <br />Almira M. Chandler, <br />Benj. Fiske, <br />Estate of Grace A. Sampson, <br />Martha Houghton, <br />Benj. Gleason, <br />John D. Bacon, <br />Hammon Reed, <br />Chas. B. Pierce, <br />$3.00 <br />3.00 <br />3.00 <br />3.00 <br />3.00 <br />3.00 <br />3.00 <br />3.00 <br />90 <br />REPORT OF TREE WARDEN. <br />$839.63 On entering upon the duties of Tree Warden for the town for the <br />year 1903, it was found that from the neighboring towns to the East <br />of us the Brown Tail Moth had made its appearance in. Lexington. <br />Not in great numbers in any one locality but pretty widely distrib- <br />uted over the town. <br />It seemed necessary that not only the highways but the gardens, <br />orchards, and even forests in some cases should he carefully looked <br />over and the nests destroyed. <br />This was thoroughly done by experienced men under the direction <br />of the warden; as a result it appears that the townspeople have been <br />spared the suffering and annoyance experienced by those residing in <br />or passing through many of the neighboring towns. <br />The Gypsy Moth was also found in a few localities, but there in <br />great numbers, so great as to defy counting or exterminating. <br />An expert who had served with the Moth Commission for a long <br />time stated that he had never seen them in such numbers as were <br />found on the Morgan Estate on East St. just north of Lowell st. <br />With the consent and gratuitous assistance of Mr. Morgan many <br />of the trees together with all undergrowth were cut and burned. <br />The trees left standing were thoroughly treated from the ground <br />to the tops with oil, to prevent the hatching of eggs. The stone <br />walls and out buildings also were given the same treatment. <br />Later in the season these and other nearby trees were hurlaped, <br />and examined daily and any moths found to have escaped the <br />spring treatment were destroyed. <br />