558 



FERTILIZING MATERIALS. 

 During the year there has been purchased : 

 278 Two-horse loads street manure. 

 714 One-horse " 

 674 Two-horse " horse manure. 



DONATIONS. 



The following is a list of the gifts to the Commissioners, and 

 from whom : 



1 Imported calf, from Thos. Prosser, Brooklyn. 



2 Pea fowl, 



1 " from Mrs. Wessman, 478 Washington avenue. 



3 " " Comptroller Schroeder, Brooklyn. 



1 Package Tigridia bulbs, J. J. Vanderbilt, Flatbush, 



Brooklyn. 

 3 Swans, from Capt. Olmsted, Flatbush, Brooklyn. 

 1 American bittern, H. A. Rosenthal, 



1 Deer and two fawns, Jas. Hand, 



2 South American squirrels, W. F. Fuller, 

 1 Tame crow, T. Leeds Waters, 

 1 Chinese goose, Capt. C. A. Raulett, 



1 Ant bear, Mrs. J. T. Perkins. 



2 Pea fowls, Mr. Horton, 

 2 Fawns, through W. P. Kendall, 



200 Trout, from Wm. Furman, Maspeth, L. I. 

 Several large and valuable trees, including elms, maples, lin- 

 dens, larch, and birches, were presented by Dr. Bartlett, Judge 

 J. Vanderbilt, and G. H. Lefferts, Esq., of Flatbush, L. I. These 

 trees were moved by truck into favorable locations on the park 

 during the spring of 1872, and all are in thriving condition. Mr. 

 A. G. Burgess, of East New York, contributed a singularly curious 

 weeping elm, which has been planted near the Cleft-ridge Arch. 

 Mr. Stettee, of Wyckoff street, Brooklyn, makes frequent con- 

 tributions of choice flowering plants, bulbs, &c. 



GRAVEL. 

 1,115 cubic yards of gravel were purchased during the year, 

 a portion of which was required for the maintenance of roads, &c, 

 the balance now being on hand. 



PUBLIC USE OF THE PARK. 



A record of the number of visitors to the park is given below, 

 for the several months of the year ; and while this record is made 



