1893
May 7
Cambridge, Mass.
Early morning clear, remainder of day cloudy. A cool
N.W. wind.

 I have spent the past five days in Cambridge
working in the garden whenever the weather has
permitted. The 3rd and 4th were cloudy and raining, the
5th a cloudless day with brilliant sunshine and a
strong N.W. wind. The 6th was clear through the forenoon
with long periods of cloudiness and frequent light showers
in the afternoon. The morning of the 6h was warm
but the rest of the week has been cool. Vegetation
is very backward indeed. Not a cherry blossom yet
but a few on the early tree in our garden are nearly
ready to open this morning. Forsythria in bloom in
shattered places  but not generally. Some of the more
forward of the horse chestnuts were in half leaf
when I arrived on the 2nd but they have not
advanced perceptibly since. The grass is growing fast and
some of the lawns/including ours, are ready for the
first chipping now. No shrubs in bloom on this place yet.
[margin] Weather [margin]
[margin] Vegetation [margin
[margin] very backward[margin]

 The only arrival which I have noted here the past
week was a Yellow Thrasher which sang a few times in
our [?] on the morning of the 5th at sunrise & which
I have heard each morning since. A white-throated sparrow
spent yesterday in the garden and I heard it singing
there early this morning. Of native summer birds there
are two pairs of Robins, a Chipping Sparrow, A Purple Finch,
and a [?] Flycatcher, all evidently established in or
very near the garden. The Yellow Thrasher,also,is doubtless
one of our local birds. Crow Blackbirds & Crows fly over the place
at morning & evening. I saw a flock of [?] of the [?] this morning.
[margin]Birds
on our place[/margin]