best american trees for bonsai Bonsai With American Trees - Out of Print

best american trees for bonsai Bonsai With American Trees - Out of PrintThis long out of print and very rare book is charmingly misnamed by two very famous giants of Japanese bonsai. Instead of solely native American trees, it features trees which have been available in some U. S. nurseries for at least fifty years. An obvious example of non American variety that is found here, is Japanese maple. And there are several others. If I had to give this book a different name it would be something like, A Beginning and

This long out of print and very rare book is charmingly misnamed  by two very famous giants of Japanese bonsai. Instead of solely native American trees, it features trees which have been available in some U.S. nurseries for at least fifty years. An obvious example of non-American variety that is found here, is Japanese maple. And there are several others.

If I had to give this book a different name it would be something like, A Beginning and Intermediate Guide to Bonsai with Species That Can Be Found in American Nurseries. 
By Masakuni Kawasumi, Introduction by Kyuzo Murata

Softcover - 10 1/4" x 7 1/4" - 131 pages - mixed color and B&W phtos
Copyright 1975, First Edition - Original list price 14.95
Condition - Very good

*Signed by both Masakuni Kawasumi and Kyuzo Murata, each with Japanese and English signatures