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A comprehensive beginner guide to creating beautiful bonsai trees from ordinary nursery plants, with lots of photos. This book contains a short history of bonsai, and sections in finding good bonsai material in a plant nursery, as well as sections on pots, tools, wire, and soil. From there the author will lead you through the creation of a slant style bonsai from a nursery juniper, as well as the repotting of more advanced material that you might find at a bonsai nursery. The end of the book contains specific technical data on the types of trees the author uses for bonsai. There is information here on tropical trees such as Ficus and Bougainvillea, as well as the more traditional Maples, Pines and Junipers.