In article ,
(Robert J. Baran) wrote:

*F/E* Doucet, Dominique */The eBook on Bonsai/*,
http://www.microtec.net/mhcgdd/bonsaien.htm . "©All right reserved MH
Concept Graphique June 1998." The earliest known Internet work on the
subject. Partially translated into English.

That link gets redirected to http://www.monbonsai.com/. The site seems
to be mostly French, except for a few pages advertising their bonsai
management software and bonsai nursery.