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- This is part 4 of 5 of the rec.arts.bonsai/alt bonsai FAQ.
- This posting contains:
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- Section 7 -- Clubs, Associations
- Section 8 -- Reading material (Books and Magazines)
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- Section 7 -- Clubs, Associations
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- Clubs and Associations
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- Bonsai Institute of California
- PO Box 6268
- Whittier CA 90609 USA
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- Bonsai - Zentrum Muenster
- Wolfgang Klemend
- Weselerstr. 57
- D-4400 Muenster
- Germany
- (note: Club AND Nursery)
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- Svenska Bonsais{llskapet
- c/o Margit K}berger
- Kornbodsg. 27
- S-724 81 V{ster}s
- Sweden
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- Milwaukee Bonsai Society
- P.O. Box 174
- Greendale Wi 53129 USA
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- Albuquerque Bonsai Club
- P.O. Box 6979
- Albuquerque, NM 87197
- Meets 1st Wednesday each month
- Connie Gardner, president
- (505) 268-6284
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- Prairie State Bonsai Society
- (formerly Morton Arboretum Bonsai Society)
- P. O. Box 2634
- Glen Ellyn, IL 60138-2634
- Meets 4th Monday of the month at College of DuPage.
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- Section 7 -- Reading material (Books and Magazines)
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- Books
- -------------------------
- BONSAI
- The Complete Guide to Art & Technique
- by Paul Lesniewicz
- published by Blandford Press
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- Indoor Bonsai
- by Paul Lesniewicz
- published by Blandford Press
-
- The Creative Art of Bonsai
- by Isabelle & Remy Samson
- Ward Lock Ltd ISBN 0 7063 7024 4
-
- _BONSAI with American Trees_
- by Masakuni Kawasumi
- published by Kodansha International Ltd
- ISBN 0-87011-246-5
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- "Bonsai Techniques" by John Yoshio Naka
- Published for the Bonsai Institute of California,
-
- The Complete Book of Bonsai
- by Harry Tomlinson
- Abbeville Press, 1991 224p
- $30.00
- (Hardbound. ISBN:1-55859-118-4)
-
- The Complete BONSAI Handbook
- By Darlene Dunton
- Stein and Day Publishers
- ISBN 0-8128-6008-X
-
- Four Seasons of Bonsai
- by Kyuzo Murata
-
- The Beginner's Guide to American Bonsai
- By Jerald P. Stowell
- ISBN 0-87011-326-7
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- The Masters' Book of Bonsai
- Compiled by Directors of The Japan Bonsai Association
- published by Kodansha International Ltd
- ISBN 0-87011-453-0
-
- Bonsai: Illustrated Guide to and Ancient Art
- Ed: Patricia Hart Clifford
- published by: Sunset Publishing Corporation
- ISBN 0-376-03044-5
-
- American Bonsai Society-Bonsai Clubs International Book Service
- C/O Vernon Weeks Dept "B"
- 3740 Louisiana Ave. N.
- New Hope MN 55427 USA
- Telephone: 612 537-6984
-
-
- ABS-BCI list...
- Title (Author)
-
- Prices ($US)
- List Member Postage Title
- ========= ====== ===== ====================================
- 1. 24.95 20.00 2.00 The Art of Indoor Bonsai (Ainsworth)
- David & Charles, 1989. (Hardback. ISBN:0-943955-11-4)
- Trafalgar Square ( David & Charles ), 1992.
- (Paperbound. ISBN:0-943955-58-0) 128 p. $19.95
- Good pages on basic techniques and basic ideas for
- growing indoors. 66 pages devoted to care and
- feeding of 33 species which work well indoors.
- 2. 44.95 36.00 2.75 Bonsai (Koreshoff)
- 3. 45.00 36.00 2.50 Bonsai, The Art & Technique (Young)
- 4. 29.95 25.00 2.00 The Bonsai Book (Barton)
- Trafalgar Square ( David & Charles ), 1990.
- (Hardback. ISBN:0-85223-742-1)
- 5. 17.95 17.95 Paid Bonsai Book of Practical Facts (Meyer)
- 6. 24.95 20.00 2.00 Bonsai Design:
- Deciduous & Conifer Trees (Adams)
- Sterling Publishing Co., Inc., 1990
- (Hardback. ISBN:0-7063-6836-3) 143 p.
- 7. 19.95 16.00 2.00 Bonsai Masterclass (Chan)
- Sterling Publishing Co., Inc., 1993
- (Paperbound. ISBN:0-8069-6763-3) $14.95
- 8. 25.00 25.00 Paid Bonsai Techniques I (Naka)
- 9. 35.00 35.00 Paid Bonsai Techniques II (Naka)
- 10. 27.95 22.50 2.25 Bonsai: The Complete Guide (Lesniewicz)
- 11. 14.00 12.00 2.00 Bonsai: Trees & Shrubs (Perry)
- 12. Brooklyn Botanical Gardens Handbooks:
- a) 6.95 5.75 1.50 first, Bonsai for Indoors
- Sewall Company, 1991.
- (Paperbound. ISBN:0-945352-59-X)
- b) 6.95 5.75 0.50 each Bonsai: Special Techniques
- Sterling Publishing Co., Inc., 1992.
- (Paperbound. ISBN:0-945352-02-6)
- c) 5.95 4.75 additional Bonsai: Dwarf Potted Trees
- d) 5.95 4.75 Japanese Gardens
- 13. 29.95 25.00 2.00 Chinese Bonsai (Lesniewicz)
- 14. 39.95 32.00 2.50 Chinese Penjing (Hu)
- 15. 100.00 75.00 Paid Classic Bonsai of Japan (Nippon
- Bonsai Assoc.)
- 16. 29.95 25.00 2.00 The Complete Book of Bonsai (Tomlinson)
- 17. 17.95 14.50 2.00 The Creative Art of Bonsai (Samson)
- 18. 24.95 20.00 2.00 Four Seasons of Bonsai (Murata)
- Farrar, Straus & Giroux, 1990.
- (Hardback. ISBN:4-7700-1498-8)
- 19. 29.95 22.00 2.00 Hagamos Bonsai (Botero) [Spanish Text]
- 20. 8.95 7.25 1.50 Indoor Bonsai (Ainsworth)
- 21. 14.95 12.00 1.50 Indoor Bonsai (Lesniewicz)
- 22. 14.95 12.00 1.75 Indoor Bonsai: A Beginner's Guide (Pike)
- 23. 19.95 16.00 2.50 The Japanese Art of Miniature Trees
- & Landscapes (Yoshimura & Halford)
- 24. 23.95 16.00 2.00 The Japanese Art of Stone Appreciation
- (Covello & Yoshimura)
- 25. 40.00 32.00 2.50 Japanese Maples (Vertrees)
- 26. 39.95 32.00 2.50 Penjing: The Chinese Art of
- Miniature Gardens (Hu)
- 27. 29.95 25.00 2.00 Popular Bonsai (Pike)
- 28. 8.95 7.25 1.50 Successful Bonsai Growing (Adams)
- 29. 29.95 29.95 Paid Outstanding American Bonsai (Clark)
- 30. 75.00 60.00 Paid The World of Bonsai (Lesniewicz)
- 31. 14.95 12.00 1.50 Bonsai: The Art of Training Dwarf
- Potted Trees (Brook. Bot. Gard.) [Video]
-
-
- International Bonsai
- pub. by
- The international Bonsai Arboreum
- 412 Pinnacle Road
- Rochester, New York 14623
- Phone (716) 334-2595
-
-
- Plants and gardens, Brooklyn Bot. Gard. Record. -- Handbook
- Vol. 9 No. 22 Dwarfed Potted Trees, The Bonsai of Japan
- Vol. 22 No. 2 Bonsai: Special Techniques
- Vol. 32 No. 2 Bonsai for Indoors
-
- Brooklyn Botanical Gardens
- 1000 Washington Ave
- Brooklyn, NY 11225
-
- Art of Bonsai(Adams)
- Sterling Publishing Co., Inc., 1992.
- (Paperbound. ISBN:0-7063-7116-X)
- $17.95
- Very good book for explaining strategy of training certain trees.
- Unfortunately ignores maples. Part 1: Profiles on 1) Beech and Hornbeam
- 2) Elm and Zelkova 3) mixed Juniper species & Cryptomeria (~ 20 pages each)
- explaining conditions for growing and production cycle over the first
- 6 years of growing and training.
- Part 2: 16 case histories of authors own plants illustrating technisues
- and strategies.
-
- Simon and Schuster's Guide to Bonsai (Giorgi)
- Simon & Schuster Trade, 1991.
- (Paperbound. ISBN:0-671-73488-1)
- $14.00
-
- Practical Bonsai (Lewis)
- Trafalgar Square ( David & Charles ), 1993.
- (Paperbound. ISBN:1-85223-661-2)
- $8.95
-
- Living Art of Bonsai (Liang)
- Sterling Publishing Co., Inc., 1992.
- (Hardback. ISBN:0-8069-8780-4)
- $35.00
-
- Bonsai Basics (Pessey)
- Sterling Publishing Co., Inc., 1992.
- (Paperbound. ISBN:0-8069-0327-9)
- $9.95
- Probably one of the better inexpensive basic books. A nice
- section on how trees grow.
-
-
- Indoor Bonsai (Pike)
- Trafalgar Square ( David & Charles ), 1991.
- (Paperbound. ISBN:1-85223-254-4)
- $15.95
-
- Beginning Bonsai (Student)
- Tuttle, Charles and Company Inc, 1992.
- (Paperbound. ISBN:0-8048-1729-4)
- $9.95
-
- Bonsai (Sunset)
- Sunset Books.
- (Paperbound. ISBN:0-376-03044-5)
- $7.95
-
- Masterpieces of Bonsai (Takayanagi)
- Farrar, Straus & Giroux.
- (Hardback. ISBN:0-87040-711-2)
- $22.95
-
-
- Magazines
- -------------------------
- Bonsai Today
- Stone Lantern Publishing Co
- P. O. Box 816
- Sudbury MA 01776
- Subscriptions are $42 a year. 6 issues a year.
- English translation of a Japanese magazine. Very detailed!
-
- "Bonsai" -- Journal of the American Bonsai Society
- Quarterly, ca. 30 pages
- Annual membership fee: individual $18, student $11
- Information: ABS Executive Sec. Box 358, Keene NH 03431
-
- "Bonsai Clubs International"
- 6/Year, 60 pages
- Annual Dues $25
- Magazine office:
- PO Box 1326
- Ft. Walton Beach, FL 32549 USA
- Phone (904 862-4619)
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- End of Section 8 -- Reading Material (Books and Magazines
- End of Part 4 of 5 of the rec.arts.bonsai/alt.bonsai FAQ
- Continued in part 5
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