A bon is a tray or salver, sai is a dependent noun meaning "grow" and the word bonsai means something growing in a shallow container, a tree in a pot. The emphasis, it will be noted is upon living and... This description may be from another edition of this product.
I read this entire book at one sitting. Once you get past the initial history it is a great all around summary of bonsai. I thought there was alot of good information for beginners. It lacked in the soil selection, but more than made up for it in other sections. It also had alot of good pictures.
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