Referaat "Chelsea Flower Show"
The first Chelsea "had exceeded all expectations".
The tent, it reported, were 300ft (100m) long and 275ft (80m) wide, taking up six
spans and over 2 acres (0,8hectares). Of a total 73,000sq ft (6,780sq m), more than
21,000sq ft (1,950sq m) were allotted to 84 large groups of flowers, plants, and
shrubs, with another 7,500 ft (696sq m) used for95 exhibits on tables.
There were 17 large rock, formal, or paved gardens arranged in the open air. In all
there were 303 exhibits organized ny244 exhibitors, compared with a mere 25,000sq
ft (2,322sq m) and only 126 exhibitions at the Society's Inner Temple show in 1911.
Everyone was very pleased.
At the end of May 1913, the Gardner's Chronicle was able to add that the Chelsea
Show had been the most successful in the Society's history, with a total income of
3,000 (the Temple show having produced a meagre total of 1,400 in 1911), with
gate receipts of some 2,150.
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