VISITORS’ GUIDE TO CHRISTCHURCH

Press, Volume LXXXII, Issue 24902, 15 June 1946, Page 6

VISITORS’ GUIDE TO CHRISTCHURCH

BOTANIC GARDENS, Rolleston •venue.Ornamental foliage and fruiting pl«». including bananas, guavas. pu-«* apples, citrus, mangoes, peppers. lies, and many other plants Of <Br nomic value are on display m Pg" Ingham House. In TownenS Hm brightly coloured primula ODpW»*t lady slipper orchids, and a CM®™" collection of cacti, are featured, attention of visitors Is directed w attractive winter aspect, gtfhglalk landscaping, use of evergreen ana.«‘ clduous trees, in the the rose garden, seen from House. From the cone-topped csw which is to be seen on the outstanding trees are: a Lombardy poplars, a clump Of time pines, round-topped yew, English oaks and beech, silver fir, and golden weeping lows. There are many and winter scenes in the rocK water gardens. A noteworthy eucalyptus, is situated among a F®** of gums growing south-west of w rose garden and near the roCkJgWS The species, which is outhlanmnih. hardy, rapid growing, and usually*: velops a long, branchless bole- crowith a dense canopy of folMtfiC. - ™ leaves, which are about rtc long, are suspended vertically - turned edgeways to the llght-W * the many methods plants have « ducing transpiration. CANTERBURY MUSEUM. RollMtW, nue: visiting hours are Sunday, w day, Tuesday, 2 p.m. to 4 p-ffU nesday, Thursday, Friday, Satuiw--10 a.m. to 4 p.m. SUMMIT ROAD, from Gebble's P«M* Evans Pass, through Kennedy panoramic view of Canterbury rtwPUBLIC LIBRARY: reading room 9 a.m. to 9 p.m.: Sundays, 3 to 5 7 to 9 p.m. Reference Library, w 10 a.m. to 9 p.m.; Sundays, 2 to 0 ?•» 7 to 9 p.m. PROVINCIAL COUNCIL CHAMgBg this fine building In Gothic ag» JJ designed in 1865 by Mountfort, is treasured as a memorial w founders of thq province. COUNTRY LIBRARY SERVICE. S*J®» floor of the Christchurch PreMWJ pany’s budding, Cathedral squaj* service as primarily for country ggE-. sons, including children, and is op" from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. M °oaßy . Friday. Current displays gj and there is an informatidfl and reading room. Th®.J enc LLidenß vice is available to city through the inter-library loan