Lancaster.
Wea. [Weather] Thur. [Thursday] Aug. 15, 1901 [August 15, 1901] Ther. [Thermometer.]
  Cloudy most of day with
a succession of light showers in P.M.
Very sultry.
  To the river by way of Cemetery
Lane with C. [Caroline] & [and] Larry just after 
breakfast. Revised the Bird
List from 10 A.M. to 1 P.M.
At 2.30 P.M. drove over to
the Thayers' where Mrs. Thayer
was awaiting me. Spent about
2 hours selecting & [and] marking out a
place for a wild garden. Afterwards
talked with John Thayer & [and] Mrs. Thayer
in the library. Got home at 6.30.
Wea.[Weather] Friday 16 [August 16, 1901] Ther. [Thermometer.]
  Clear & [and] warm with light S.W. [southwest] wind.  
  Through Cemetery Lane with C. [Caroline] & [and] "Larry"
just after breakfast. Dug some Vervain
to take to Concord. Wrote all forenoon.
  In P.M. John Thayer called & [and] drove
me over to his place were we tramped
about in the woods for nearly 2 hours
looking for leaf mould soil for Mrs. Thayer's
wild garden. Found a lot of Actea rubra.
After returning took an electric car to village
where I dug a lot of Rhexia. It was
in a dry upland field.
Lancaster - Cambridge - Concord
Wea. [Weather] Sat. [Saturday] Aug. 17, 1901 [August 17, 1901] Ther. [Thermometer.]
  A.M. clear. P.M. cloudy. Oppressively 
sultry.
  Left Lancaster by 7.30 A.M. train
and went directly to Cambridge. Spent
forenoon at Museum Comp. Zool [Museum of Comparative Zoology] where
I looked up some references & [and] saw
Faxon, Henshaw, Woodworth & [and] Miss Parker.
Dined at Harvard Square. Spent most
of P.M. in our garden where I saw a
[female] Tanager bathing in the pond & [and] a Water
Thrush. Took 5.01 train from Arlington
to Concord. Gilbert ferried me across the
river. Walked to Holden's woods after supper.
Wea.[Weather] Sunday 18 [August 18, 1901] Ther. [Thermometer.]
  Clear & [and] cool with light E. [east] wind.
  Went to the farm in A.M. to
plant some Rhexia, Vervain etc.
Walked up and back.
  In P.M. trimmed some of the
pines on Hemlock Knoll. After
supper walked to Bensen's field.
A good many small birds in the
woods. A Redstart & [and] 3 Wood Pewees
in full song. Song Sparrows & [and] Red eyes
singing feebly.