Wea. [Weather] Mon. [Monday] April 13, 1903 Ther. [Thermometer]
36 [degrees]
53 [degrees]
A.M. Clear & beautiful. P.M.  
cloudy with chill E. wind.    
  Spent most of day writing letters
& superintending Patsy & his men in the
Garden. Benzoin in full bloom Also
Vinca. Cherry blossoms & Mertensia about
to open. Linden leaves "as big as a Mouse's
ear" Lilac thickets green with young foliage.
Bluebirds nest 5 eggs examined to-day
in Belmont by one of Eustis's friends.
Spent evening at the Almy's.
Wea. [Weather] Tuesday 14 [April 14, 1903] Ther. [Thermometer] 
42 [degrees]
48 [degrees]
Cloudy with chill E. [East] wind.
  To Boston at 10 A M. Called at office
& saw Estabrook & Mackintire. The former
sent for Judge Bell & we talked about
Leander. Word came from Dr. Putnam
that he has melancholia but will recover.
Judge Bell is to try to have Edwin
reinstated at Phillips Academy. Paid
Joe Russell $5300. for 50 shs [shares] Boston Wharf
Came out at 3 P.M. Horse Chestnuts in
half leaf. Jap. barberries [Japanese barberries] nearly full leaf. 
Plum apricot & out early cherry tree
all had blossoms fully open to-day.
Cambridge - Washington
Wea. [Weather] Wed. [Wednesday] April 15, 1903 Ther. [Thermometer]
Camb [Cambridge]
40 [degrees] 
42 [degrees]
wind & heavy downpour.                                          
N.E. [northwest] rain-storm with gale of 
wind & heavy downpour.   
  C. [Caroline] & I left Boston by 9 A M.
Colonial Express & reached Washington
at 10.15 P.M. The journey was wholly
uneventful. There was no apparent
change in vegetation as far as Phila. [Philadelphia]
We went to Hotel Richmond &
had the same rooms that we
occupied last spring.
Wea. [Weather] Thursday April 16, 1903 Ther. [Thermometer]
Camb [Cambridge]
38 [degrees]
45 [degrees]
Cloudy & threatening with chill      
N.E. [northwest] wind but no rain.
  Meeting Com. on Nomen. [Committee on Classification and Nomenclature] in Smithsonian
gallery 10-12.30, 1-4 P.M.
Present - Merriam, Ridgeway, Stone,
Dwight, Richmond & W.B [William Brewster];
Allen could not come. This is the 
first meeting he has ever skipped.
C. [Caroline] kept close today having trouble
with her knees. The Bishops of
Cambridge are here.