Craig Cowing wrote:


I'll have to look at some pictures. This isn't one of those things I'm
absolutely burning to do. Just thought it would be fun to try.

it is IMHO a sort of Bunjing as is geneally tall slim
solitar ( we call it Pino solitario ( lone pine) and flat on
top it is very romantic and nostalgic and I understand Iris
that she wishes one, I wish one also since I was kuid and
I know now the difficulty , hence I am using a pentaphilla
instead.. I have seen on a bonsai book 2 chainese saikei
with several flat to pentaphilla , 25 " tall about a little
bit *short on legs* to my opinion but quite emoting

The stone pines with a somewhat flat top are pictures from
Germany.

Germany ? is not their country
http://www.istockphoto.com/file_thum..._di_Roma_2.jpg
http://italia.grafiko.org/wROparaso2.jpg
should see those one from Israel and Rome the Roman
ones are known as being huger than the standard you can
see in Naple in romantic drawing with the Vesuvio volcano
as Lanscape
If Japanese had the same sort of trees (and climate less
turmented ) we might have some Hiroshige's wiew of the
Fujiyama & stone pines Napolitan aquarello style
Tiziano