SEVENTH ANNUAL REPORT. 71 



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, 380 pigeons, 



254 rabbits, 576 guinea-pigs, 



268 rats, 578 mice, 



157 sparrows (trapped), 8,400 eggs. 



Of vegetables, the Nursery produced the following, all of which 

 w^ere consumed in the Park : 



20 bbls. of potatoes, 14 bu. of hard corn, 

 10 " of onions, 3 bu. of peas, 



6 " of parsnips, 25 bu. of asparagus, 



9.000 roots of celery, 157 bu. of parsley, 



1,500 heads of cabbage, 49 egg plant, 



125 bu. of carrots, 150 summer squash, 



32 bu. of turnips, 109 musk-melons, 

 34 bu. of beets, 6 bu. of string beans, 



9,500 heads of lettuce, 24 bu. of spinach, 



100 bu. of tomatoes, 43 bu. of leeks, 



3,700 ears of corn (green), 4 bu. of lima beans, 



I bu, of peppers, 48 cucumbers, 



28 bu. of rhubarb, 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. 



