Professor Amy Liang, a world-renowned bonsai artist and lecturer, offers a practical guide to the fine art of cultivating bonsai. In this extravagantly produced volume, which showcases the very best specimens from her collection, Liang surveys the history of bonsai and offers useful techniques with detailed instructions on everything from training and dwarfing a plant to preparing it for display.
Professor Amy Liang, a world-renowned bonsai artist and lecturer, offers a practical guide to the fine art of cultivating bonsai. This extravagantly produced volume, filled with hundreds upon hundreds of lavish full-color photographs, showcases the very best and most beautiful specimens from her collection. Liang surveys the history of bonsai in its many schools and styles, and offers techniques and highly detailed instructions for those who want to shape and nurture their own trees. The remarkable images display everything from dazzling miniature evergreens to flowering and fruited trees.
| Preface by the President of Seattle Pacific University |
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Chinese Publisher's Preface |
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9 | (1) |
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10 | (2) |
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12 | (76) |
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Bonsai, Potted Landscapes, and Life |
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88 | (8) |
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96 | (12) |
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108 | (14) |
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The Classifications of Bonsai |
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122 | (8) |
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130 | (24) |
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154 | (14) |
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168 | (8) |
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Guidelines for Bonsai Cultivation |
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176 | (20) |
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How to Choose Tree Materials |
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196 | (6) |
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Propagation of Bonsai Stock |
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202 | (14) |
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216 | (6) |
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Training and Dwarfing of Bonsai |
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222 | (16) |
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Transplanting and Repotting Techniques |
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238 | (10) |
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The Creation of Jinns and Sharies |
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248 | (8) |
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256 | (8) |
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264 | (6) |
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Preparation for Bonsai Display |
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270 | (8) |
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A Guide to Bonsai Appreciation |
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278 | (9) |
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Professor Amy Liang, who taught at Seattle Pacific University and lectured in the US, has pursued bonsai for over 20 years. She currently resides in China.
