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This is part 4 of 5 of the rec.arts.bonsai/alt bonsai FAQ. 
This posting contains:

    Section 7 --  Clubs, Associations
    Section 8 --  Reading material (Books and Magazines)

Section 7 -- Clubs, Associations
 
Clubs and Associations
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Bonsai Institute of California
PO Box 6268
Whittier CA  90609 USA
 
Bonsai - Zentrum Muenster
Wolfgang Klemend
Weselerstr. 57
D-4400 Muenster
Germany
(note: Club AND Nursery)
 
Svenska Bonsais{llskapet
c/o Margit K}berger
Kornbodsg. 27
S-724 81 V{ster}s
Sweden
 
Milwaukee Bonsai Society
P.O. Box 174
Greendale Wi 53129  USA
 
Midwest Bonsai Society
P. O. Box 1373
Highland Park, IL 60035
Meets 1st Monday of the month at the Chicago Bontanical Society Gardens
in Glencoe, IL.

Albuquerque Bonsai Club
P.O. Box 6979
Albuquerque, NM 87197
Meets 1st Wednesday each month
Connie Gardner, president
(505) 268-6284

Prairie State Bonsai Society 
(formerly Morton Arboretum Bonsai Society)
P. O. Box 2634
Glen Ellyn, IL 60138-2634
Meets 4th Monday of the month at College of DuPage.

Section 7 -- Reading material (Books and Magazines)



Books
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BONSAI
The Complete Guide to Art & Technique
by Paul Lesniewicz
published by Blandford Press

Indoor Bonsai
by Paul Lesniewicz
published by Blandford Press

The Creative Art of Bonsai
by Isabelle & Remy Samson
Ward Lock Ltd  ISBN 0 7063 7024 4

_BONSAI with American Trees_
by Masakuni Kawasumi
published by Kodansha International Ltd
ISBN 0-87011-246-5

"Bonsai Techniques" by John Yoshio Naka
Published for the Bonsai Institute of California,

The Complete Book of Bonsai
by Harry Tomlinson
Abbeville Press, 1991   224p
$30.00
(Hardbound. ISBN:1-55859-118-4)

The Complete BONSAI Handbook
By Darlene Dunton
Stein and Day Publishers
ISBN 0-8128-6008-X

Four Seasons of Bonsai
by Kyuzo Murata

The Beginner's Guide to American Bonsai
By Jerald P. Stowell
ISBN 0-87011-326-7

The Masters' Book of Bonsai
Compiled by Directors of The Japan Bonsai Association
published by Kodansha International Ltd
ISBN 0-87011-453-0

Bonsai: Illustrated Guide to and Ancient Art
Ed: Patricia Hart Clifford
published by: Sunset Publishing Corporation
ISBN 0-376-03044-5

American Bonsai Society-Bonsai Clubs International Book Service
C/O Vernon Weeks   Dept "B"
3740 Louisiana Ave. N.  
New Hope  MN  55427 USA
Telephone: 612 537-6984



ABS-BCI list...
Title (Author)

Prices ($US)
    List   Member Postage        Title
=========  ======  ===== ====================================
 1. 24.95   20.00  2.00 The Art of Indoor Bonsai (Ainsworth)
                         David & Charles, 1989. (Hardback. ISBN:0-943955-11-4)
                         Trafalgar Square ( David & Charles ), 1992.
                            (Paperbound. ISBN:0-943955-58-0)  128 p.  $19.95
                         Good pages on basic techniques and basic ideas for 
                         growing indoors.  66 pages devoted to care and 
                         feeding of 33 species which work well indoors.
 2. 44.95   36.00  2.75 Bonsai (Koreshoff)
 3. 45.00   36.00  2.50 Bonsai, The Art & Technique (Young)
 4. 29.95   25.00  2.00 The Bonsai Book (Barton)
                        Trafalgar Square ( David & Charles ), 1990.
                        (Hardback. ISBN:0-85223-742-1)
 5. 17.95   17.95  Paid Bonsai Book of Practical Facts (Meyer)
 6. 24.95   20.00  2.00 Bonsai Design: 
                         Deciduous & Conifer Trees (Adams)
                         Sterling Publishing Co., Inc., 1990
                         (Hardback. ISBN:0-7063-6836-3)      143 p.
 7. 19.95   16.00  2.00 Bonsai Masterclass (Chan)
                        Sterling Publishing Co., Inc., 1993
                        (Paperbound. ISBN:0-8069-6763-3) $14.95
 8. 25.00   25.00  Paid Bonsai Techniques I (Naka)
 9. 35.00   35.00  Paid Bonsai Techniques II (Naka)
10. 27.95   22.50  2.25 Bonsai: The Complete Guide (Lesniewicz)
11. 14.00   12.00  2.00 Bonsai: Trees & Shrubs (Perry)
12. Brooklyn Botanical Gardens Handbooks:
   a) 6.95     5.75  1.50 first,   Bonsai for Indoors
                                   Sewall Company, 1991. 
                                   (Paperbound. ISBN:0-945352-59-X)
   b) 6.95     5.75  0.50 each     Bonsai: Special Techniques
                                   Sterling Publishing Co., Inc., 1992. 
                                   (Paperbound. ISBN:0-945352-02-6)
   c) 5.95     4.75    additional  Bonsai: Dwarf Potted Trees
   d) 5.95     4.75                Japanese Gardens
13. 29.95   25.00  2.00 Chinese Bonsai (Lesniewicz)
14. 39.95   32.00  2.50 Chinese Penjing (Hu)
15. 100.00  75.00  Paid Classic Bonsai of Japan (Nippon 
                                                Bonsai Assoc.)
16. 29.95   25.00  2.00 The Complete Book of Bonsai (Tomlinson)
17. 17.95   14.50  2.00 The Creative Art of Bonsai (Samson)
18. 24.95   20.00  2.00 Four Seasons of Bonsai (Murata)
                        Farrar, Straus & Giroux, 1990.
                        (Hardback. ISBN:4-7700-1498-8)
19. 29.95   22.00  2.00 Hagamos Bonsai (Botero) [Spanish Text]
20.  8.95    7.25  1.50 Indoor Bonsai (Ainsworth)
21. 14.95   12.00  1.50 Indoor Bonsai (Lesniewicz)
22. 14.95   12.00  1.75 Indoor Bonsai: A Beginner's Guide (Pike)
23. 19.95   16.00  2.50 The Japanese Art of Miniature Trees
                          & Landscapes   (Yoshimura & Halford)
24. 23.95   16.00  2.00 The Japanese Art of Stone Appreciation 
                             (Covello & Yoshimura)



25. 40.00   32.00  2.50 Japanese Maples (Vertrees)
26. 39.95   32.00  2.50 Penjing: The Chinese Art of 
                               Miniature Gardens (Hu)
27. 29.95   25.00  2.00 Popular Bonsai (Pike)
28.  8.95    7.25  1.50 Successful Bonsai Growing (Adams)
29. 29.95   29.95  Paid Outstanding American Bonsai (Clark)
30. 75.00   60.00  Paid The World of Bonsai (Lesniewicz)
31. 14.95   12.00  1.50 Bonsai: The Art of Training Dwarf 
                        Potted Trees (Brook. Bot. Gard.) [Video]


International Bonsai
pub. by
The international Bonsai Arboreum
412 Pinnacle Road
Rochester, New York 14623
Phone (716) 334-2595


Plants and gardens, Brooklyn Bot. Gard. Record. -- Handbook
     Vol. 9 No. 22 Dwarfed Potted Trees, The Bonsai of Japan
     Vol. 22 No. 2 Bonsai: Special Techniques
     Vol. 32 No. 2 Bonsai for Indoors

Brooklyn Botanical Gardens
1000 Washington Ave
Brooklyn, NY 11225

Art of Bonsai(Adams)
Sterling Publishing Co., Inc., 1992.
(Paperbound. ISBN:0-7063-7116-X)
$17.95
Very good book for explaining strategy of training certain trees.  
Unfortunately ignores maples. Part 1: Profiles on 1) Beech and Hornbeam 
2) Elm and Zelkova 3) mixed Juniper species & Cryptomeria (~ 20 pages each)
explaining conditions for growing and production cycle over the first 
6 years of growing and training.   
Part 2: 16 case histories of authors own plants illustrating technisues 
and strategies.

Simon and Schuster's Guide to Bonsai (Giorgi)
Simon & Schuster Trade, 1991. 
(Paperbound. ISBN:0-671-73488-1)
$14.00

Practical Bonsai (Lewis)
Trafalgar Square ( David & Charles ), 1993. 
(Paperbound. ISBN:1-85223-661-2)
$8.95

Living Art of Bonsai (Liang)
Sterling Publishing Co., Inc., 1992. 
(Hardback. ISBN:0-8069-8780-4)
$35.00



Bonsai Basics (Pessey)
Sterling Publishing Co., Inc., 1992. 
(Paperbound. ISBN:0-8069-0327-9)
$9.95
Probably one of the better inexpensive basic books.  A nice 
section on how trees grow.


Indoor Bonsai (Pike)
Trafalgar Square ( David & Charles ), 1991. 
(Paperbound. ISBN:1-85223-254-4)
$15.95

Beginning Bonsai (Student)
Tuttle, Charles and Company Inc, 1992. 
(Paperbound. ISBN:0-8048-1729-4)
$9.95

Bonsai (Sunset)
Sunset Books. 
(Paperbound. ISBN:0-376-03044-5)
$7.95

Masterpieces of Bonsai (Takayanagi)
Farrar, Straus & Giroux. 
(Hardback. ISBN:0-87040-711-2)
$22.95


Magazines
-------------------------
Bonsai Today
Stone Lantern Publishing Co
P. O. Box 816
Sudbury MA 01776
Subscriptions are $42 a year. 6 issues a year.
English translation of a Japanese magazine. Very detailed!

"Bonsai" -- Journal of the American Bonsai Society
 Quarterly, ca. 30 pages
Annual membership fee: individual $18, student $11
Information: ABS Executive Sec.  Box 358,  Keene  NH  03431

"Bonsai" magazine
Bonsai Clubs International
Virginia Ellerman
Business Manager
2636 W. Mission Road #277
Tallahassee  Florida  32304-2556
USA
(6/year; US $20 of $25 membership goes to magazine; single copies $6)



"International Bonsai"
International Bonsai Arboretum
William N. Valavanis
Post Office Box 23894
Rochester  New York  14692-3894
USA
(4/year; US $22; foreign $28; never read it; anyone?)

"Bonsai"
("Great Britain's Premiere Bonsai Magazine")
US Telephone: 800 842-5523
(4/year; US $23.95 introductory price; $7.60 sample; never read it)




End of Section 8 -- Reading Material (Books and Magazines
End of Part 4 of 5 of the rec.arts.bonsai/alt.bonsai FAQ
Continued in part 5
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