Darwin-Hooker Letters : Letter from J. D. Hooker to C. R. Darwin 15 September 1863
Hooker, Joseph Dalton
Darwin-Hooker Letters
<p style='text-align: justify;'>Pleased CD accepts continental extension for New Zealand, whose flora has many genera like <i>Rubus</i> with great diversity and connecting intermediates. Suggests geological uplifting creates more space, hence opportunities for preservation of intermediates. Sees clash with CD on causes of extreme diversity of form in a group.</p><p style='text-align: justify;'>JDH’s attitude toward democratisation of science.</p>