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Bonsai / penjing : the collections of the Montréal Botanical Garden / Danielle Ouellet.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextLanguage: English, Chinese, Japanese Original language: Chinese, Japanese, French Publisher: Montreal : Les Amis du Jardin Botanique de Montréal, 2019Manufacturer: Laval, Quebec : Imprimerie l'Empreinte, 2019Copyright date: ©2019Description: 276 pages : chiefly color illustrations ; 28 x 30 cmISBN:
  • 2980121851
  • 9782980121852
Subject(s): LOC classification:
  • SB433.5 O94 2019
Contents:
The fabulous odyssey of the Montréal Botanical Garden bonsai and penjing / Pierre Bourque -- Montréal and Shanghai brought together by bonsai / Hu Yunhua -- Bonsai art: a bridge to peace / Tomio Yamada -- Preface / Danielle Ouellet -- History: An ancient Asian tradition: China: where landscapes in pots began -- Japan: popularizing the art of growing miniature trees -- Donations to the Montréal Botanical Garden: Shanghai -- Hong Kong -- Japan -- North America Vietnam and other tropical lands -- Esthetics, The beauty of trees: Chinese schools: The Shanghai School; The Lingnan School-- Japanese styles -- North American approaches -- Photo gallery: Chinese collections -- Japanese collection -- Tropical collection -- North American collection -- Other specimens -- Brief descriptions of the specimens.
Holdings
Item type Current library Call number Status Date due Barcode Item holds
Lending Books Elisabeth C. Miller Library Tall Shelves SB454.3.B6 O84 2019 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Available 39352800181430
Total holds: 0

Includes the work of French language editor, Hélène Larue; French-to-English translators, Pamela Ireland, Terry Knowles; English language editor, Karen Grislis -- page 274.

Photos by Roger Aziz

Includes bibliographical references (page 271)

The fabulous odyssey of the Montréal Botanical Garden bonsai and penjing / Pierre Bourque -- Montréal and Shanghai brought together by bonsai / Hu Yunhua -- Bonsai art: a bridge to peace / Tomio Yamada -- Preface / Danielle Ouellet -- History: An ancient Asian tradition: China: where landscapes in pots began -- Japan: popularizing the art of growing miniature trees -- Donations to the Montréal Botanical Garden: Shanghai -- Hong Kong -- Japan -- North America Vietnam and other tropical lands -- Esthetics, The beauty of trees: Chinese schools: The Shanghai School; The Lingnan School-- Japanese styles -- North American approaches -- Photo gallery: Chinese collections -- Japanese collection -- Tropical collection -- North American collection -- Other specimens -- Brief descriptions of the specimens.

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