French Language Pre-1945
Bibliographic References to Dwarf Potted Trees


      The following is a list of known early bonsai references in French.  It is not claimed to be exhaustive.

      Primary source has been Albert Maumené's Les Arbres Nains Japonais.  Copies of the first two articles have been graciously forwarded to RJB by Peter Del Tredici of the Arnold Arboretum.  Reproduction of them on this website is to be completed shortly.


      Carrière, E.-A.  "Essai Sur L'Horticulture Japonaise," Revue Horticole, Paris, 1878, 50: 271-275.  With seven illustrations.

      Carrière, E.-A.  "Japonaiseries," Revue Horticole, Paris, 1889, 61: 374-378.  With six illustrations.

      Vallot, J.  "Causes phyiologiques qui produisent le rabougrissement des arbres dans les cultures japonaises," Bulletin de la Société de Botanique de France, Paris, 1889, 36: 284-289.

      Maury  "Sur les procédés employés par les Japonais pour obtenir des arbres nains," Bulletin de la Société de Botanique de France, Paris, 1899, 36: 290-294.

      Tissandier, A.  "Jardins Chinois et Japonais," La Nature, 1902, 30: 86-90.





Anyone who knows of additional citations to bonsai in general circulation periodicals before 1945 is asked to please contact  rjb@phoenixbonsai.com.  Contributor acknowledgment will be posted.  Please include as many details as possible.  Thank-you!



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