VISITORS’ GUIDE TO CHRISTCHURCH

Press, Volume LXXXII, Issue 24814, 2 March 1946, Page 6

VISITORS’ GUIDE TO CHRISTCHURCH

BOTANIC GARDENS. Cuningham House contains an inter esting variety of tropical foiiag e anq flowering plants, including ““S' °! economic value. In Townend Hou tuberous begonias and fuchsias present a mass display of flowers in a wide range of colours, and ornamental foliaged coleus are features. Beds oi zonal pelargoniums, antirrhinums, ana salvias have materially bene ft\ e< recent rain, while zinnias, P etun1 *®’ phlox drummondii and dahlias are flowering freely. Water lilies in many colours are also flowering freely m the bog garden. Colourful autumn flowering cyclamen, crocus and gentians make a bright display in the rock garden. A specimen of tsuga ajbertiana (western hemlock), a native fir tree of Canada, is situated on ths north side of the archery lawn opposite the sun-dial. The hemlock » used chiefly in the manufacture wood PUlp and as an ornamental tree it is valuable. Its graceful drooping branchlets and spire-topped crown take the place of spruce, which in many places in Canterbury cannot be grown. McDOUGALL ART GALLERY, in Botanic Qardens: hours, week days, 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.; Sundays, 2 p.ni. to 4 p.m.; closed on Mondays. CANTERBURY MUSEUM, Rolleston avenue: visiting hours are Sunday, Monday, Tuesday, ? p.m. to 4 p.m.; Wednesday. Thursday. Friday. Saturday, -10 a.m- to 4 p.m. SUMMIT ROAD, from Gebbie's Pass to - Evans Pass, through Kennedy’s Bush, panoramic view of Canterbury Plains. PUBLIC LIBRARY: reading room open 9 am. to 9 p.m.; Sundays, 2 to 5 p.m.; 7 to 9 p.m- Reference Library: open 10 a.m. to 9 p.m.: Sundays, 2 to 5 pm. PROVINCIAL • COUNCIL CHAMBERS: this fine building in Gothic style designed in 1865 by Mountfort, and is treasured as a memorial to the founders of the province.