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The following is a list of known early bonsai references in French. It is not claimed to be exhaustive. |
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The initial source was Albert Maumené's Les Arbres Nains Japonais.
Copies of the third and fifth articles were graciously forwarded to RJB by Peter Del Tredici of the Arnold Arboretum.
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Carrière, E.-A.
"Un Grand Arbre Nanisé," Revue Horticole, Paris, 1874, 46: 272-273. With
one illustration. Littré, Émile Dictionnaire de la Langue Française, Supplément, Paris, 1877, pg. 239. Carrière, E.-A. "Essai Su L'Horticulture Japonaise," Revue Horticole, Paris, 1878, 50: 271-275. With seven illustrations. "Les Arbres Nains et Monstrueux, Au Japon et En Chine," La Nature, Paris, No. 401, 5 Février, 1881, pp. 145-146. With one illustration. Carrière, E.-A. "Japonaiseries," Revue Horticole, Paris, 1889, 61: 374-378. With six illustrations. Vallot, Joseph "Les arbres nains du Japon à l'Exposition du Trocadéru," Journ. d'hort., Paris, t. XI, 1889. Vallot, Joseph "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, Paul "Sur les procédés employés par les Japonais pour obtenir des arbres nains," Bulletin de la Société de Botanique de France, Paris, 1889, 36: 290-294. Maury, Paul "La Botanique A L'Exposition Universelle -- Les Arbres Nains Du Japon," La Naturaliste, Paris, V. 11, N. 33, 15 Juin 1889, 141-143. "L'Horticulture A L'Exposition Universelle De 1889," Bulletin de la Société d'horticulture de Cherbourg, 1889, pp. 25-44. One paragraph in article on pg. 28. Rodigas, Ém. "Arbres nains du Japon," Bulletins d'arboriculture, de culture portagère et de floriculture, Organe du cercle d'Arboriculture de Belgique, Vol. III, No. 12, December 1889, pp. 365. de V., H. "Les procédés de nanisation des arbres au Japon," Revue Scientifique (Revue Rose), 4th Série, Tome II, Numéro 6, 11 Aout, 1894, pp. 179-180. Tissandier, Albert "Jardins Chinois et Japonais," La Nature, 1902, 30: 86-90. Delannoy, L. "Les arbres nains japonais," Journ. d. 1. Soc. Reg. d'Hort. du Nord de la France, 1903, pp. 46-51. |
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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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