xxiv OUTLINE OF CHARLES DARWIN'S LIFE 



1878. May: Contribution to Nature. 



Second edition of Different Forms of Flowers. 

 Wrote prefatory letter to Kerner's Flowers and their 

 Unbidden Guests. 



1879. The whole year at work on movements of plants, 



except for " about six weeks " in the spring and 

 early summer given to the Life of Erasmus 

 Darwin, which was published in the autumn. 

 Contributions to Nature. 



1880. "All spring finishing MS. of Power of Movement in 



Plants and proof sheets." 

 " Began in autumn on Worms." 

 Prefatory notice written for Meldola's translation of 



Weismann's book. 

 Nov. 6th : 1 500 copies of Power of Movement sold at 



Murray's sale. 

 Contributions to Nature. 



1 88 1. During all the early part of the year at work on 



the " Worm book." Several contributions to 



Nature. 

 Oct. loth : The book on Earthworms published : 2000 



copies sold at once. 

 Nov. : At work on the action of carbonate of ammonia 



on plants. 



1882. No entries in the Diary. 



Feb. : At work correcting the sixth thousand of the 



Earthworms. 

 Mar. 6th and Mar. i6th : Papers on the action of 



Carbonate of Ammonia on roots, etc., read at the 



Linnean Society. 



April 6th : Note to Natttre on Dispersal of Bivalves. 

 April 1 8th : Van Dyck's paper on Syrian Dogs, with a 



preliminary notice by Charles Darwin, read before 



the Zoological Society. 

 April I Qth : Charles Darwin died at Down. 



