Hi Mike,

I'm sure that soon you will receive a message from Michael Persiano, author
of a soon to be published book on Japanese black and white pines. Having
read the book many times, I can safely say that it is going to be the
standard reference for these species. Look for it in the first half of 2004
(probably) from Stone Lantern Publishing.

"Master Techniques for Japanese White and Black Pines"
Bonsai Today Discovery Series

In the mean time, many back issues of "Bonsai Today magazine" and
"International BONSAI" magazine are filled with great articles on black
pine. www.bonsaitoday.com/ and www.internationalbonsai.com/ .

Kind regards,
Andy Rutledge
www.andyrutledge.com/
zone 8, Texas

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From: "Mike"
Hi all me again. I was wondering if anyone could point me to a good book
on
pines please. I don't really mind how much i spend as long as it is a good
book that explains them well. If there are some articles online that would
be just as good but again they need to be as thorough as possible please
as
i want to learn as much as i can. Pines really are one of the nicest
looking
type of tree i think but i am a beginner so maybe my opinion will change
later.

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In the mean time, many back issues of "Bonsai Today magazine"
and
"International BONSAI" magazine are filled with great articles
on black
pine. www.bonsaitoday.com/ and www.internationalbonsai.com/ .


In fact, the latest issue of International Bonsai (2003 # 4) is
devoted to pines.

Jim Lewis - - Tallahassee, FL - The ignorant
man marvels at the exceptional; the wise man marvels at the
common; the greatest wonder of all is the regularity of
nature. -- George Dana Bordman

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Mike: If it is horticultural information you are after, a commendable
book is Conifers by Keith D. Rushforth. ISBN 0-8160-1735-2 Published by
Facts On File Publications, 1987. I believe it is out of print, but a
search through one of the book finders should yield a copy.
Alan Walker
http://bonsai-bci.com http://LCBSBonsai.org
-----Original Message-----
From: Mike
Hi all me again. I was wondering if anyone could point me to a good
book on
pines please. I don't really mind how much i spend as long as it is a
good
book that explains them well. If there are some articles online that
would
be just as good but again they need to be as thorough as possible please
as
i want to learn as much as i can. Pines really are one of the nicest
looking
type of tree i think but i am a beginner so maybe my opinion will change
later.

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Thanks to all. Hope i can get my hands on a copy of the forthcoming book as
the only pines i am interested in are Black Pine and White Pine.

Actually i could do with a good beginners book. The one i have
seems rather
lacking in content just about covering the very basic ideas. I
know the book
by heart now but i need something more substantial. I found one
called
Bonsai for beginners by Craig Coussins and another named
Bonsai: The
Complete Guide to Art and Technique by Paul Lesniewicz. Are
these books any
good? Cheers.

You will find several pages of bonsai book review on the IBC
website (address below).

Craig's book is a good one (with the caveat that NO book with
"complete" in the title ever is). Paul L.'s book is OK. No more
than that.

Jim Lewis - - Tallahassee, FL - The ignorant
man marvels at the exceptional; the wise man marvels at the
common; the greatest wonder of all is the regularity of
nature. -- George Dana Bordman

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Well i'm only 18 lol. I would say most of my generation will never do bonsai
there to into drinking and buying clothes.

Mike wrote:

Well i'm only 18 lol. I would say most of my generation will never do bonsai
there to into drinking and buying clothes.


Their loss. I wasn't doing bonsai at 18, but I wasn't drinking either. I was into
houseplants, and was working a year before going to college. How I wish I'd had
bonsai then, but in college it would have been difficult living in a dorm.

Craig Cowing
NY
Zone 5b/6a Sunset 37

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