Darwin-Hooker Letters : Letter from C. R. Darwin to J. D. Hooker 31 December [1858]
Darwin, Charles Robert
Darwin-Hooker Letters
<p style='text-align: justify;'>Replies at length to JDH’s worried reaction to his comments on lowness of Australian plants. CD distinguishes between "competitive highness", i.e., which fauna would be exterminated and which survive if two faunas were placed in competition, and ordinary "highness" of classification.</p>