During all the early part of the year at work on the "Worm book."
Several contributions to "Nature."

October 10th:
The book on "Earthworms" published: 2000 copies sold at once.

November:
At work on the action of carbonate of ammonia on plants.

1882.

No entries in the Diary.

February:
At work correcting the sixth thousand of the "Earthworms."

March 6th and March 16th:
Papers on the action of Carbonate of Ammonia on roots, etc., read at the
Linnean Society.

April 6th:
Note to "Nature" on Dispersal of Bivalves.

April 18th:
Van Dyck's paper on Syrian Dogs, with a preliminary notice by Charles
Darwin, read before the Zoological Society.

April 19th:
Charles Darwin died at Down.