Wea. [Weather] FRI. APRIL 13, 1900 Ther. [Thermometer] 
40 [degrees]
42 [degrees]
  Cloudy and cooler with
fine rain much of the time.
  Spent most of the day
superintending Patsy & his men
who transplanted a lot of trees
& shrubs in the garden. It was
an ideal day for this work.
I got very tired but my fits
of other [?] seem to be
things of the past.
Wea. [Weather] SATURDAY April 14, 1900 Ther. [Thermometer]
33 [degrees]
51 [degrees]
  Clear with cool N.W. wind.
  Ampelis cedrorum 42 [in a flock] alighted in garden
  Merula migratoria 3 [in a flock] in garden
  Mr. Libby left the Barret farm to-day.
Spent most of the day working in
the garden transplanting trees. Changed
all those in the nursery and finished
planting along the wide path which
I opened last autumn in the jungle.
The grass is getting green in [?]
[?]. Purdie read in evening. Joseph still with me
Cambridge Concord.
Wea. [Weather] SUN. [Sunday] APRIL 15, 1900 Ther. [Thermometer]
58 [degrees]
  Cloudless with fresh W.
wind. The most springlike day thus far.
  Ampelis cedrorum 6
  Dryobates pubescens [male]
  Anas obscura 32 Fresh Pond
  Larus argentatus Smith 40 Fresh Pond
  In a.m. took a drive with Purdie
around Fresh Pond, to Pongoon Park &
through Mt. Auburn. Saw a Meadow Lark
2 flocks of redwings, a Savannah Sparrow, a
Kingfisher (Mt. Auburn) a good many [?] Robin
etc. Hepatica in garden at their prime. First
[?] blossoms out.
Wea. [Weather] MONDAY April 16, 1900 Ther. [Thermometer]
33 [degrees]
62 [degrees]
  Clear, calm, very warm.
  Spent a.m. in garden. Patsy's men
were moving perennials into the large middle
space in the flower garden, Mills was working
on floor of pond. Heard a Bluebird call
& looking up saw 2 of these birds flying over
towards W. Also heard a Goldfinch sing &
saw 6 Cedar birds.
  With Purdie took 2 p.m train for
Concord. Gilbert met us at W. Bedford station.
Took a short walk behind hill. Hepaticas
& [?] in bloom at cabin.