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 enlarge | Author: Harry Tomlinson
Publisher: DK ADULT
Category: Book
List Price: $5.00
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Avg. Customer Rating:  45 reviews
Sales Rank: 9510
Media: Paperback
Edition: 1st
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 72
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.2
Dimensions (in): 6.6 x 4.7 x 0.3
ISBN: 0789496879
Dewey Decimal Number: 635.9772
UPC: 635517096873
EAN: 9780789496874
ASIN: 0789496879
Publication Date: September 8, 2003
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It's a tip-book December 18, 2006
6 out of 6 found this review helpful
This book provides most of the basic knowledge that you'll need to know. Sometimes you'll ask yourself a question that's a little more in-depth than this book spans, so just remember it's a tip-book and not a full fledged encyclopedia. For the price this is a very good book, the pictures are great and the tips are well thought out and span much of the bonsai hobby. Near the end of the book there are even suggested species for different types of bonsai styles. The tips are easy to remember and categorized well.
Very good ready reference October 8, 2005
5 out of 9 found this review helpful
Very good handy reference for someone more or less familiar with bomsai techniques. Highly recommended.
Bonsai cultivation how-to in a nutshell. June 15, 2004
31 out of 32 found this review helpful
This very affordable, essential reference for beginners covers all the basics of bonsai cultivation in a broad range of topics, without ever turning too technical for the reader. The well-organized, thoroughly indexed and concise information is presented in handy tips, easy-to-remember answers to frequently asked questions, and step-by-step expert advice with detailed explanations that include topics like:
*Starting a bonsai
*Design principles
*Bonsai styles and displays according to the seasons
*Useful tools
*How to create a bonsai step-by-step
*Caring for and propagating bonsai
*Bonsai species and arrangements
The key information and direct-to-the-point explanations contained in this handbook are accompanied with more than 250 full-color photos and illustrations, which perfectly depict the points being made and make this volume visually enjoyable. And with a binding perfectly suited for constant browsing and repeated check-ups, you are sure to come back to it again and again.
The one thing missing from this volume is a glossary for common terms, but overall, the nuggets of helpful information presented here are a great value for their price. This is a must-buy for beginners and would-be bonsai hobbyists who want a simple and easy to follow guide with instructions that can be instantly absorbed.
--Reviewed by Maritza Volmar
 This book was BADsai! August 23, 2002
13 out of 118 found this review helpful
Upon recieving this book as a gift from my late husband, I discovered that the information given in this book was quite unsatisfactory. As a seasoned Bonsai enthusiast, I found it degrading and demeening and an insult to my intelligence. Any serious Bonsai lover would know enough to realize the suggestions given in this manual are foolish and obscene.
I hope this helps.
Help (think not)! July 16, 2002
10 out of 36 found this review helpful
After looking through this book, I wasn't very impressed with how to care for the bonsai. Don't get me wrong, the pictures were great and I'm sure that they might be of help to others. (just not me). I was really dissappointed in the lack that this book has (I got more from just the internet alone)!!!
Oh well, I tried and it will be an added book now for me to look at sometimes as well as take up space!
Good Luck all!
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