To C. H. Blackley 9 March 1877
Summary
Thanks for CHB’s essay [New observations on hay-fever (1877?)]. The calculation of the weight of pollen-grains is wonderful. Suggests he consult Cross and self-fertilisation, pp. 376, 405 for information on this subject.
Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Addressee: | Charles Harrison Blackley |
Date: | 9 Mar 1877 |
Classmark: | Yale University Medical Historical Library, Harvey Cushing / John Hay Whitney Medical Library (MMS) |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-10886 |
To C. H. Blackley 14 January 1879
Summary
Thanks CHB for his anecdote about a provincial girl’s reaction to being told men descended from monkeys.
Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Addressee: | Charles Harrison Blackley |
Date: | 14 Jan 1879 |
Classmark: | Formerly in the private collection of Dr T. B. Robinson |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-11826F |
To C. H. Blackley 14 June [1873]
Summary
Thanks for sending Experimental researches. He will read it as soon as he finishes a book in hand. [See 8965.]
Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Addressee: | Charles Harrison Blackley |
Date: | 14 June [1873] |
Classmark: | Arbor 441–2 (September–October 1982): 148 |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-8943A |
To C. H. Blackley 5 July [1873]
Summary
Comments on CHB’s book [Experimental researches on catarrhus aestivus – hay-fever or hay-asthma (1873)].
Explains that some pollens are wind-blown while others depend on insects for dispersal. Effect of pollen on skin and mucous membrane astonishing. Sends a book [M. Wyman, Autumnal catarrh (1872)].
Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Addressee: | Charles Harrison Blackley |
Date: | 5 July [1873] |
Classmark: | John Hay Library, Brown University (Albert E. Lownes Manuscript Collection, Ms.84.2) |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-8965 |