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Simon & Schuster's Guide To Bonsai

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Brimming with fascinating and practical details and illustrated with 150 beautiful color photographs, "Simon & Schuster's Guide to Bonsai" provides everything the plant enthusiast needs to know about this unique and intriguing art.

An informative introduction gives such useful details as plant physiology, the history and philosophy of bonsai, choice of plants, and special tools and products to use in bonsai. The individual entries that follow describe over 125 species to cultivate and offer visual symbols that indicate whether full sun or shade, plentiful or little watering, and indoor or outdoor settings are best for a particular species. "Simon & Schuster's Guide to Bonsai" is a fascinating and authoritative reference to this exotic ancient art.

256 pages, Paperback

First published October 3, 1991

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Interesting Little Book Full of Beautiful Pictures of the Various Types of bonsai Plantd. It has a lot of information for those who are looking for a Book on Bonsai this is it!
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June 15, 2010
A must own book if you are into Bosai at all. A great guide with more than 100 full-color photographs of 150 species.
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