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THE GARDENERS' CHRONICLE. 



[May 18, 1912: 



THE CHELSEA SHOW : HOW TO REACH 



THE SITE. 



Next week all roads will lead to the great 

 exhibition at the Royal Hospital Gardens, Chel- 

 sea. The journey to London is made Gmooth by 

 the great steamship and railway companies: the 

 overseas visitor, on reaching England, finds a 

 boat-train drawn up in sight of the ship which 

 has brought him to our shores, and, when the 

 Customs formalities have been observed, the ex- 

 press trains carry him to the Metropolis. The 

 provincial visitor usually has a good choice of 

 convenient trains for reaching a London terminus. 

 London proper is almost encircled by the huge 

 terminal stations of the chief main-line railway 

 systems of the country. Paddington, of the 

 Great Western, is in the west ; Marylebone, the 

 terminus of the youngest great railway which, 

 rumour says, will soon be linked to its powerful 

 neighbour, comes next; then, almost touching 

 each other, are the stations of three powerful com- 

 panies: Easton, of the London and North- 



to London are infrequent, will require a less ex- 

 pensive and more interesting means of transit. 



The rider in a taxi has a splendid view of 

 London's stream of traffic, but loses the view of 

 London itself. As a great statesman once said : 

 " The best way to see London is from the top of a 

 'bus," and the omnibus company whose motto is 

 " Travel above the ground— we will carry you 

 all the way " quotes the saying of the famous 

 leader on its maps and advertisements, and many 

 people who will visit London primarily for the 

 show will also want to see as much of London as 

 possible, and will, weather permitting, endeavour 

 to use the outside of a 'bus. Many omnibuses 

 which ply along the King's Road, Chelsea, stop 

 within sight of the Royal Hospital grounds, and 

 less than a minute's walk will bring the visitor to 

 an entrance gate. Those visitors who are staying 

 in the suburbs will find the London electric 

 railways speedy and convenient means of getting 

 into London. The nearest railway station to the 

 show is Sloane Square on the District Railway, 

 and, besides the District trains, all " inner 



Lane, which gives a choice of either inner circle 

 or District west-bound trains ; Cannon Street is 

 equally fortunate, but at London Bridge the 

 visitor will not find the tube trains so convenient 

 although Charing Cross may be easily reached by 

 ordinary trains. Waterloo has a tube station on 

 the premises, and the visitor may proceed to 

 Charing Cross Station or Trafalgar Square, and 

 to the show by 'bus. 



All the 'buses have their routes indicated by * 

 large number, and from the Strand, Charin. 

 Cross and Victoria stations u 11 " is the number 

 to look for. At the Praed Street District Station, 

 which is reached by a subway from Paddington, 

 inner circle trains may be taken to Sloane Square. 



Other Places of Gardening Interest. 



After having done the show, gardening en- 

 thusiasts will turn their attention to the per- 

 manent places of horticultural interest. Garden- 

 ing in the public parks of London has greatly 

 improved during the past decade. In an ordinary 

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Western Company, St. Pancras, the terminus of 

 the Midland Railway, and King's Cross, the 

 headquarters of the Great Northern Railway 

 Company. Towards the east there is Liverpool 

 Street (Great Eastern Railway) Station, with its 

 many platforms. South of Liverpool Street 

 Station, and almost in the heart of the City of 

 London, is Fenchurch Street Station, the London 

 terminus of the London, Tilbury and Southend 

 Railway. The banks of the River Thames claim 

 five important railway stations : Cannon Street, 

 London Bridge, St. Paul's, Waterloo and Charing 

 Cross, and all of them have a share of the foreign 

 traffic. 



The visitor has reached London quite easily, 

 but which is the best and most direct road to the 



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do things with a minimum of trouble, will, no 

 doubt, engage a taxicab, give his destination as 

 " The Exhibition, Chelsea Hospital," and leave 

 the rest to the driver and the fare-indicator. But 

 many visitors, and especially those whose visits 



circle M trains stop there ; Chelsea Station is not 

 very convenient. Victoria District Railway Sta- 

 tion may well be used, for the omnibuses which 

 serve the Exhibition area stop outside the station, 

 and a few minutes' ride brings the visitor to the 

 show. Those who use the Hampstead Tube Rail- 

 way (Golders Green and Highgate are the sub- 

 urban termini, with a station at Euston) will do 

 well to travel by train to Charing Cross Station 

 and thence by 'bus to the show. The Bakerloo 

 Tube, touching the Great Central Railway ter- 

 minus, also has a station at Charing Cross. The 

 Piccadilly Tube Railway, with Finsbury Park as 

 its northern terminus (which at King's Cross 

 Station is the most convenient line from St. 

 Pancras or King's Cross main-line stations) has a 

 station in the Strand, from which a 'bus may Be 

 boarded for the show. 



From Liverpool Street Station, at the adjoining 

 Metropolitan Station, inner circle trains run 



every few minutes to Sloane Square. The nearest 

 tube station to Fenchurch Street Station is Mark 



worthv of attention, but we fear that by the da 

 of the show the glorv of the May-flowering l^F- 

 Wallflowers and other spring-flowering plan 

 will be a thing of the past, and it is too mr. j 

 for the summer-bedding displays. But the pa 

 and gardens do not entirely rely on these «*»*?* 

 effects for their attraction, and many ot tne 

 grounds are always worth a visit. Many S" de , . 

 will visit the famous Covent Garden MaiK 

 where huge loads of garden produce of ail kui 

 are being unloaded throughout the small hour 

 the morning. Tuesdays, Thursdays and -atui : 

 are the busy days; soon after 2 a.m. tne m 

 is in full swing, and most of the b^JJrf 

 completed, and the various florists, ha\ mg , 



their vans with purchases, turn their n ^ 

 heads homewards before the average per*. 



awake. .,1 attract 



The Royal Botanic Gardens at Kew ^* ching 



most gardeners. A pleasant way °-. herf - # 

 Kew is by train to Hammersmith or d" f 

 Bush, and thence by electric tram to *ew 



