Washington
  Wea. [Weather] Thur. [Thursday] April 17, 1902 Ther. [Thermometer]
  Clear & cool. Vegetation about 2
weeks ahead of that at home. Peach, 
cherry, pear, plum & magnolia trees
in full bloom. Maples in 1/2 leaf.
Com. on Nomen. [Committee on Nomenclature] Met at 11 A.M.
in Smithsonian gallery. Present
Merriam, Allen, Dwight, Stone,
Richmond & W. B. [William Brewster] Worked until
1 P.M. Lunched with members of
National Academy by invitation. Gill,
C. [Caroline] & I went around city in an
electric cab in late P.M.

  Wea. [Weather] Friday 18 [April 18, 1902] Ther. [Thermometer]
  Clear & warm.
  C. [Caroline] went to Baltimore for the day.
She went to Smithsonian by electric
cab with me on her way to depart.
Allen, Merriam, Stone, Dwight,
Richmond & I present at Committee 
meeting. Worked until 4 P.M.
when I met C. [Caroline] at depot. We took
electrics to Arlington. It was
beautiful & restful there. Heard Song
Sparrows, Carolina Wrens, a Nuthatch
Lamium augusticaule in bloom new to me.
 
   Wea. [Weather] Sat. [Saturday] April 19, 1902 Ther. [thermometer]
  Clear, calm, warm.
  Committee met at 9.30. C. [Caroline] drove over
with me in electric cab. Same members
present as yesterday. Merriam, Richmond,
Allen, Stone & I lunched at an oyster
house on the avenue.
  C. [Caroline] & I went out to Soldiers' Home by
electric cab in P.M. Heard a 
Meadow Lark, Brown Thrasher & Song
Sparrows singing; also a Chippy.
Cemetery swarming with Purple Grackles.

  Wea. [Weather] Sunday 20 [April 20, 1902] Ther. [Thermometer]
  Brilliantly clear, calm, warm.
  Dentaria laciniata [Dentaria laciata] in full bloom; new to me.
  To cabin John Bridge by electrics with
C. [Caroline] 9.30-12 N. [noon] Saw lots of Buzzards,
3 Doves [in a flock], & 2 Carolina Chickadees [in a flock]. Heard
a Cardinal & Carolina Wren.
  Woods full of flowers chiefly enemones [anemones],
saxifrage [saxifraga], hepaticas & blood root & hooded 
violets. Dandelions in full bloom.
  In P.M. C. [Caroline] & I called on the Dwights.
They were out. I went alone to the Merriams
where I saw C. Hart [Clinton Hart Merriam], Mrs. Dorothy & Zenaida.
Henry L. Higginson of Boston there. In
evening the Dwights called on C. [Caroline] & me.