Editing Kew (section)

==Literary references to Kew==
[[File:Syringa 6540.JPG|thumb|Lilac in [[Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew|Kew Gardens]]]]
[[File:London United Tramways tram in front of its tram-shed, Kew Road, Richmond, UK - c 1900.jpg|thumb|Tram to Kew and Richmond c.1900]]
I am His Highness' dog at Kew;<br>
Pray tell me, sir, whose dog are you?
::''[[Epigram]], engraved on the Collar of a Dog which I gave to his Royal Highness ([[Frederick, Prince of Wales]])'', 1736<ref name="Pope">{{cite journal | title=His Highness' Dog at Kew | author=Thomas, W K | journal=[[College English]] |date=April 1969 | volume=30 | issue=7 | pages=581–586| doi=10.2307/374007| jstor=374007 }}</ref> ([[Alexander Pope]], 1688–1744)

And the wildest dreams of Kew are the facts of [[Katmandu|Khatmandhu]].
::''In The Neolithic Age'', 1892 ([[Rudyard Kipling]], 1865–1936)

Go down to Kew in [[lilac]]-time, in lilac-time, in lilac-time; <br>
Go down to Kew in lilac-time (it isn't far from London!)<br>
And you shall wander hand in hand with love in summer's wonderland; <br>
Go down to Kew in lilac-time (it isn't far from London!)
::''The Barrel-Organ'', 1920 ([[Alfred Noyes]], 1880–1958)

Trams and dusty trees.<br>
[[Highbury]] bore me. Richmond and Kew<br>
Undid me.
::''[[The Waste Land]]'', 1922 ([[T. S. Eliot]], 1888–1965)

Lady Croom: My [[Hyacinth (plant)|hyacinth]] dell is become a haunt for<br>
[[hobgoblins]], my Chinese bridge, which I am assured is<br>
superior to the one at Kew, and for all I know at [[Beijing|Peking]], is<br>
usurped by a fallen [[obelisk]] overgrown with [[thicket|briars]].
::''[[Arcadia (play)|Arcadia]]'', 1993 ([[Tom Stoppard]], b. 1937)