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Newspaper
Canberra Times
Location
Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, Australia
Date
Dec 19, 1970
Page
7
The piece notes urban tenants may grow gardens in window boxes or indoors. It describes hardy philodendrons and sansevieria tolerating various heat and light, plus two plant forms: climbing varieties to use as room dividers and cell-heading types with leaves sprouting from a central crown.
Acorn notes describe many philodendron types with solid, cut, or climbing leaves. Variegated, two color, and uniquely patterned foliage are highlighted, including cordatum, hastatum, panduracforme and maroon backed imbe. Some varieties tolerate heavy shade and cooler conditions.
Among the foolproof cutleaf climbers are Sansevieria species known as snake plants. They tolerate sun or shade, irregular watering, any soil, and resist pests and disease. Native to Africa and the East Indies, they grow slowly, bloom rarely with fragrant racemes, and come in rosette, fan, and tuft forms. For repotting, use a peat loam mix sterilized, with proper drainage, and keep plants away from root disturbance. End with Christmas well wishes for 1971.
Brigadier Charles Cross, Chief Commissioner for Salvation Army war services, visited Vietnam to review troop welfare. He toured Darwin and Singapore, met hospitals and chapels, and praised Australian personnel as well-equipped, well-led, and high in morale. Captains Baden Jeffrey and Gil Currie will distribute Christmas cakes and other supplies from Red Shield huts in Vietnam.
A Christmas programme of carol singing and carillon music arranged by the Christian and Missionary Alliance in collaboration with the Department of the Interior will be held next Tuesday at 7 45 pm on Aspen Island.
Canberra church notices list Christmas Eve and Day services across denominations. Includes Anglicans at St John Baptist Reid and St Paul Griffith, Catholics in Lyneham and Manuka, and Methodist Presbyterian Congregational chapels. Several parishes announce Holy Communion times, carols, and a live Nativity at St John’s crypt. The Presbyterian Curtin plans open-home Christmas meals for lonely locals.
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