SEVENTH ANNUAL REPORT. Ti 
horses purchased early in 1902 have been of great service in 
park work generally. 
An important item of extra work was the destruction of tent 
caterpillars, which threatened to inflict great damage upon our 
trees. This pest was successfully combated by the destruction 
of about 10,000 of its tents. Two vegetable pests, the poison ivy 
and ailanthus, were also attacked, and a sufficient number of the 
plants were dug up and destroyed that an equal amount of work 
in 1903 will free the Park from both. 
About 300 tons of ice were cut, stored, and afterward dis- 
tributed. 
The Nursery.—During the year an important addition to the 
propagating plant at the Nursery took shape in the Breeding 
House, which is described elsewhere in this report. It is believed 
that in less than two years the products of this building will 
repay its entire cost. The following is a list of the live-animal 
food bred and reared in the Nursery during the past year: 
1,207 chickens, 
254 rabbits, 
268 rats, 
157 sparrows (trapped), 
380 pigeons, 
576 guinea-pigs, 
578 mice, 
8,400 eggs. 
Of vegetables, the Nursery produced the following, all of which 
were consumed in the Park: 
20 bbls. of potatoes, 
10. “ of onions, 
6 =" of parsnips, 
9,000 roots of celery, 
1,500 heads of cabbage, 
125 bu. of carrots, 
32 bu. of turnips, 
34 bu. of beets, 
9,500 heads of lettuce, 
100 bu. of tomatoes, 
3,700 ears of corn (green), 
1 bu. of peppers, 
28 bu. of rhubarb, 
14 bu. of hard corn, 
3 bu. of peas, 
25 bu. of asparagus, 
157 bu. of parsley, 
49 egg plant, 
150 summer squash, 
109 musk-melons, 
6 bu. of string beans, 
24 bu. of spinach, 
43 bu. of leeks, 
4 bu. of lima beans, 
48 cucumbers, 
24 bu. mint. 
The Adee Farm.—The small farm in Pelham Bay Park which 
was leased of the Park Department in March was utilized to 
the utmost. In view of the fact that the land was in poor con- 
dition and no money was available by which it could be fertilized, 
