From:
Federico Delpino
To:
Charles Robert Darwin
Date:
11 Sept 1875
Source of text:
DAR 162: 154
Summary:
Thanks for Thomas Belt’s Naturalist in Nicaragua [1874], which confirms some of his observations,
and for Insectivorous plants, which he praises.
Suggests that a book integrating knowledge of plant–animal interactions be written by a Darwinist.
Defines biology as the science of external interactions.
German reception is far more positive than Italian.
Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project