From A. R. Wallace 21 November 1880
Pen-y-bryn, St. Peter’s Road, | Croydon.
Novr. 21st. 1880
My dear Darwin
Many thanks for your new book containing your wonderful series of experiments & observations on the movements of plants.1 I have read the introduction and conclusion, which shows me the importance of the research as indicating the common basis of the infinitely varied habits and mode of growth of plants. The whole subject becomes thus much simplified, though the nature of the basic vitality which leads to such wonderful results remains as mysterious as ever.
Yours very faithfully | Alfred R. Wallace
Charles Darwin F. R. S.
Footnotes
Bibliography
Movement in plants: The power of movement in plants. By Charles Darwin. Assisted by Francis Darwin. London: John Murray. 1880.
Summary
Thanks for book [Movement in plants].
Letter details
- Letter no.
- DCP-LETT-12835
- From
- Alfred Russel Wallace
- To
- Charles Robert Darwin
- Sent from
- Croydon
- Source of text
- DAR 106: B149
- Physical description
- ALS 1p
Please cite as
Darwin Correspondence Project, “Letter no. 12835,” accessed on 20 April 2024, https://www.darwinproject.ac.uk/letter/?docId=letters/DCP-LETT-12835.xml