The Art of the Chrysanthemum: Japanese Techniques for Creating Bonsai, Cascades, Giants, and Other Potted Styles

xvi, 259 pp. Includes 44 color plates, 114 black-and-whites, 37 figures, 16 charts and tables. Part One of "The Art of the Chrysanthemum" is devoted to all of the general practices of cultivation and care which will assist the grower in producing quality plants no matter which style of chrysanthemum he wishes to develop. Part Two is concerned exclusively with the procedures for creating chrysanthemum bonsai, and provides an exceptionally detailed guide to this fascinating new aspect of chrysanthemum lore. The techniques for growing all of the larger potted styles--exhibition, cascade, and "thousand-bloom" varieties--are presented in Part Three.