"The amount of research that went
into this comprehensive report on bonsai growth must be applauded. This reviewer
was intrigued by the formatting of the text. The short paragraph on each
development reminded this reviewer of Walter Winchell's staccato reporting of the news
on his Sunday radio broadcast - succinct, lively and interesting.
"
This book is highly recommended for those interested in the history of bonsai, not
only in Phoenix, but in the United States."
(Jane Nelson, ABS Bonsai Journal, Summer 1998, pg. 61)
Only available through Pyramid Dancer Publications:
Order
Overseas, please contact us for shipping & handling pricing at
rjb@phoenixbonsai.com
* * * * *
In the interest of historical accuracy, the
following are errors now known to exist in this book. A handful of
typographical errors, verbs not agreeing with the noun number, multiple
use of the same descriptive word on a single page, etc. are also in there but do not require further comment.
In the maroon braces below can be found the
word or passage in question. If you are aware of any other significant discrepencies, please e-mail
rjb@phoenixbonsai.com
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pg. ii, bottom :
{
PayBS
Pa
r
son Bonsai Society
}
The group should, or course, be "Payson." Spell-check software is
only good up to a point. (If this were an
edition of the Bible, it could be knicknamed the "Parson Version.")
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pp. 14-15 : bottom margins should be a little smaller so that three more lines of text would be on each of these pages.
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pg. 23, top :
{
These [two bonsai] were
"
smuggled
"
into the state...
}
The quotes should be around the verb to better reflect the gently kidding manner
with which
Mr. Jacobson
related this anecdote.
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pg. 28, top :
{
Listed
as supplying labor for the garden pool which was built there: Paul Matsusaki
of Toyo Nurseries.
}
Per a conversation with Elsie Andrade, Feb. 26, 2000 at the Matsuri display,
Paul would never have used the black volcanic rock which makes up the sides
of the pond. The sentence in question is derived from the Oct. 27,
1963
Arizona Republic
article "'Here's How' Gardens." Did Paul just do the labor with other-specified
materials? Would he have used materials in a design he did not agree with?
According to Elsie, no.
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pg. 30, top :
{
Afterwards [Rex Tsutsumida] moved to Cleveland, Ohio and then New York
where he learned English by watching the motion pictures which were changed
weekly.
}
Per a conversation with Rex, Feb. 26, 2000 at the Matsuri display -- the
first chance RJB had to speak with Mr. Tsutsumida since the latter's move
from the Valley in 1989 -- the subject knew English quite well before moving
to Cleveland. I have not found the specific reference in my book
notes, but I believe the information came from a conversation with Leroy.
I apologize if I misunderstood.
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pg. 82, top left :
{
Matusaki, Paul
}
index listing for Paul ! I did get
{
Matsusaki, Edna (née Tani)
}
right above him correct.
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Four
additions
to the text could be as follows:
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pg. 5 : Meanwhile to the south, a complex of canals and fields dating back to 1200 B.C. outside Tucson is
the oldest documented irrigation system in North America. The Las Capas waterworks tapped the nearby Santa Cruz
River to irrigate as many as 100 acres for crops such as corn.
(Per "Archaeology's top 10 finds of 2009,
Early irrigation in the desert southwest U.S.," msnbc, Dec 30, 2009)
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pg. 62, bottom photo caption : Sam Lew, Jr. (right of center)
models a club jacket.
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pg. 75, bottom photo caption : The height from base
to top is approximately 15 inches.
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A chart showing the length of daylight throughout the year in the Phoenix
area was cut due to space considerations. It can now be found on our
Seasonal Care
page.
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In honor of the tenth anniversary of Designing Dwarfs, we present these color
versions of some of the pictures in it, along with their respective captions:
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"Assorted ceramic bonsai pots and carved wooden display stands, all made by
Charles Schneck." (pg. 50, bottom)
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"Leroy Fuji
[sic!], Workshop Chairman, 1970-95, designing a small juniper, Spring 1975" (pg. 51, middle)
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"PhxBS members erecting the redwood Japanese gazebo at the VGC in early 1982.
Many wedding ceremonies have taken place here.
Paul Matsusaki-built koi
pond is perhaps ten feet beyond the rear of this structure." (pg. 60, top)
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"Max Miller, Ernie Kuo (seated) and Doug Acker at a Tucson workshop, October 1993.
Ernie began with bonsai in 1979 when his wife urged him to take up a hobby.
Studying under John Naka, he began teaching this at the college level in 1987,
and studied further in Japan in 1991." (pg. 73, bottom)
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"The most common tools of the trade, courtesy of Ernie Hasan.
Top Row: copper-anodized aluminum wire.
Middle Row: assorted
cutters, scissors, and shears.
Bottom Row: drainage screen and dense
root rake." (pg. 74, bottom)
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"Elsie's suiseki, a viewing stone. This animal-shaped stone measures
11"x5"x4-1/2" and rests on a black painted base ofr formed Bondo®.
It is now a part of the National Bonsai Collection in Washington. D.C." (pg. 75, middle)
(Color image from Bonsai Journal, ABS, Vol. 31, No. 4, Winter 1997, pg. 170
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"One final Phoenix-bonsai connection (whose name was not originated here):
The Phoenix Graft, a method by which an interesting piece of deadwood is resurrected
as a "bonsai." In Japanese this style is called tanuki, the term
for a mythical creature that deceives by changing its appearance. There is
some disagreement in bonsai circles as to whether or not these oftimes
beautiful creations should really be accepted as a form of bonsai.
The main tree shown here is a California juniper, from the club's first
Laughlin area dig, that didn't survive. Preserved with lime sulfur,
it was then slightly carved to accept the one-gallon Hollywood juniper which
was placed up against the back of the deadwood.
(Designer: Raheem Hasan)" (pg. 75, bottom)
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"Over 160 years of combined experience:
Leroy Fujii, Joan McCarter, Edna
Matsusaki, and Elsie Andrade, February 1997 at the VGC." (pg. 76, top)
[The total is now over 200 years.]
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