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Harper & Row (A Weathermark Edition), Published 1965. Hardcover, xvi, 259 pp.; 25 cm; First Edition; illustrated with color plates and numerous black-and-white illustrations.
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In Good condition with a Poor dust jacket. Quarter-bound in cream cloth with green cloth boards, small black stamped emblem device on front cover, and green lettering on spine. Mild to moderate spotting, toning, and soiling overall, heavier along edges and back cover. Binding tight. Previous owner's ink name on front pastedown; previous owner's bookplate with handwritten name and a telephone number in ink on front free endpaper. Mild foxing to text block edges; pages otherwise unmarked with occasional light spotting. Pictorial dust jacket, green with a color photograph of a cascade chrysanthemum on front and a single chrysanthemum bloom on back, is heavily worn: torn in two and tape-repaired with visible clear plastic tape, a further large tear also tape-repaired, additional nicks and tears increasing along edges, moderate scuffing and soiling, and some color loss along edges; unclipped ($9.50). Now in an archival quality (removable) Brodart cover.The first English-language manual of Japanese techniques for training chrysanthemums as bonsai, cascades, giants, and other potted forms. Foreword by Ernest Lyman Scott, President Emeritus of the National Chrysanthemum Society of the United States. A Weathermark Edition designed and produced by John Weatherhill, Inc., Tokyo.Contents: Part One, General Cultural Practices (Chrysanthemum Characteristics; Tools and Equipment; Soil and Potting Mixtures; Fertilizers; Propagation; Special Techniques; Insect and Disease Control); Part Two, Bonsai (Bonsai Styles; Basic Techniques of Bonsai Culture; Bonsai Forming; Informal Upright, Formal Upright and Cascade Styles; Mounted Plantings; Group and Multiple-Trunk Plantings; Very Small and Old-Wood Bonsai); Part Three, Large Potted Styles (Exhibition Varieties; Medium- and Small-Flowered Varieties; Cascades; Thousand-Bloom Styles); Conclusion; Chrysanthemum Suppliers; Glossary; Bibliography; Index.