Concord
Wea. [Weather] Sun. [Sunday] April 5, 1903 Ther. [Thermometer]
26 [degrees]
39 [degrees] 
  Cloudless & very cold with biting N.W. [northwest]
wind. Ground frozen hard. Ice in tub ¼ inch
thick. Icicles on trees & branches all day.
  Henshaw & I went to Lawrence's pines
& Birch Id. [Birch Island] after breakfast. Walter Deane
& Robert Jackson arrived at 11. We dined
together in the farm house & walked to
Ball's Hill afterwards. I set them across
the river at 5 P.M. & Henshaw & I walked
back to farm. Hylas peeping noisily despite
the cold & ice skimmed water.
Wea. [Weather] Monday 6 [April 6, 1903] Ther. [Thermometer]
26 [degrees]
49 [degrees]
  Hazy cloudy in late P.M. Wind
S.E. [southeast] to S.W. [southwest] light. Last night very cold.
Ice in tub ½ inch this morning. Ground
as hard as a rock. Many plants frozen
& shrivelled but others not affected.
  Henshaw left by 8.13 A.M. train.
I spent the day walking with Hansen & Pat.
We got the orchard in order for a 
lot of fruit trees which came too late
in the afternoon to plant. There are
peaches, pears, plums, cherries etc.
Birds sang well this morning.
Wea. [Weather] Tues. [Tuesday] April 7, 1903 Ther. [Thermometer]
38 [degrees]
54 [degrees]
  Light, steady rain all day. Wind
S.W. [southwest] but rather cool.
  Spent entire day working with Pat & Hansen.
We set out upwards of 100 fruit trees & a
lot of other things including prickly ash and
two grafted chestnuts, three butternuts & a
few red cedars. Robins & Song Sparrows
sang all through the forenoon. Saw a
Chippy in the orchard & heard a Yellow
Palm Warbler.
Wea. [Weather] Wednesday 8 [April 8, 1903] Ther. [Thermometer]
52 [degrees]
59 [degrees]
 Cloudy with heavy rain beginning at 9 A.M.
& lasting far into the night. Wind N.E. [northeast]
  Spent A.M. setting out hemlocks in Birch
Field. Also dug about 100 small pines.
Went to Cambridge after dinner by electrics
reaching museum at 4 P.M. Walter & I
attended meeting of Academy at Mus. C. Zool. [Museum of Comparative Zoology]
at 8 P.M. About 70 present despite rain -
I showed my system on keeping notes.
19 of the members exhibited something. 