898 
THE GARDENING WORLD. 
February 20, 1897. 
CHARLES THE FIRST. 
This has been known to the trade for seven or eight 
years, but its merits have lately been recognised by the 
public, so that the variety now gets more and more 
extensively sown each succeeding year. It is a first 
early Pea, succeeding American Wonder, and is of 
semi-dwarf habit, say about 18 in in height, or in 
section, and should prove useful for market garden 
purposes, owing to its dwarf habit, free-fruiting 
nature, and general suitability for field culture. 
QUeSCIODS ADD AD$UJ6R§ 
Names of Plants— P. M. : Croton, net recog¬ 
nised ; 2, Croton picturatum ; 3, Croton Veitchi ; 4, 
(generally known as Aralia Chabrieri in gardens) ; 2, 
Agapanthus umbellatus variegatus ; 3, Odonto- 
glossum crispum andersonianum. 
Communications Received.— J. Mayne.— R.G.W. 
— J. L , P. —S. C.— H. G. Cox.—Veitch & Sons.—J. 
G. Pettinger.— B. Lockwood.— J. R. —Edward Wil¬ 
son Gates—D. W. D.—Laing & Sons.—A. G., 
A. H. S —S., Hendon.—G. Sales.—F. R. B.—J. 
Bryant.— Q. 
Sharpe’s Charles The First. 
good fertile soil attaining 2 ft. It crops heavily, as 
may be seen by reference to the accompanying 
photographic illustration, placed at our disposal by 
Messrs. Charles Sharpe & Co., Limited, Sleaford, 
Lines. The pods are of medium length, straight, and 
well filled with good sized Peas of fine flavour. 
Charles the First belongs to the wrinkled marrow 
Dracaena Cooperi ; 5, Polypodium subauriculatum ; 
6, Selaginella Braunii ; 7, Libonia floribunda.— 
TV. M. : 1, Abies nordmanniana ; 2, Juniperus 
virginiana ; 3, Juniperus sinensis.— G. A. .1, Pelar¬ 
gonium tomentosum ; 2, Pelargonium Radula ; 3, 
Euonymus japonicus latifolius aureus ; 4, Aspidium 
angulare lineare ; 5, Nephrodium decompositum 
glabellum. — A. C. : 1, Elaeodendron orientale 
LONDON SEED TRADE. 
February 1897 . 
Messrs. Hurst & Sox, 152, Houndsditch, and 
27, Seed Market, Mark Lane, report : The recent 
rainy weather has checked demand for agricultural 
seeds. Foreign Red Clover remains steady. English 
Red Clover is cheaper. White Clover and Alsike 
dull. Trefoil and Ryegrasses unchanged. 
