Concord.
Ther [Thermometer] Wednesday, June 19, 1918 Wea [Weather]
Fair
Partly cloudy, mostly sunny. Very
cool with light N.E. [Northeast] wind.
  Working in flower beds & small fruit
plantations most of day, weeding, watering,
pruning etc. Harry Richardson rode
down on his bicycle to see me in forenoon.
We spent an hour looking for Gypsy
caterpillars in Pulpit Rock woods &
Birch Field but found only two or
three there. Many of their nests still
contain unhatched eggs. Near Birch Shed
on the trunk of a small white oak
we found upwards of fifty full grown
larvae some beginning to pupate, one
"wilting". Richardson has just returned
from 150 mile motor trip in Mass. [Massachusetts] &
N.H. [New Hampshire] during which he saw no
caterpillar eaten foliage anywhere.
Today, along roadside near Mr. Howe's,
he saw some birches along a wall that
were half stripped & swarming with Gyps. [Gypsy Moth Caterpillar]
Blackburnian W. [Blackburnian Warbler] & 2 D. virens [Dendroica virens] singing in
Pulpit R. woods [Pulpit Rock woods]. Dove flying low
over Ritchie place.

Concord - Cambridge.
Ther [Thermometer] Thursday, June 20, 1918 Wea [Weather]
38 [degrees]-58 [degrees]-48 [degrees] Autumnal cold. Fine
Brilliantly clear with fresh N.E. [northeast] which 
died away at nightfall. Coldest day & night
of preternaturally cold month. 38 [degrees] at Concord
at daybreak, 48 [degrees] at Cambridge 9 P.M. 58 [degrees]
highest for day. Everything betokens a 
killing frost tonight, at least inland.
This, coming now, would mean utter &
widespread ruin to crops - including ours
at Concord.
  Spent early forenoon at Farm & Ritchie 
place. Cornfield at latter most flourishing.
Everything else looking exceedingly well.
Gilbert [Robert A. Gilbert] & Burbank picked 17 quarts of fine
strawberries. Raspberries beginning to ripen.
Birds singing like mad. Air ringing with
their delightful music at Farm.
  Motored to Concord & thence to Cambridge
via Lincoln, Hobbs Br. Reservoir & Piety
Corner 10.15-11.30 A.M. Foliage perfect
whole way. Many fields white with
daisies & yellow with buttercups.
  In P.M.motored to Mt. Aburn [Mount Auburn Cemetery] with C. [Caroline Brewster]
taking roses, wild flowers & ferns to put
on father's, mother's & Henry Purdie's graves.
Wrote letters later. Lizzy [Elizabeth R. Simmons] read Orley Farm
in Peace Room after supper.