Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: Notesfiles $Revision: 1.7.0.10 $; site uiucdcsb Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!burl!ulysses!mhuxr!mhuxt!houxm!ihnp4!inuxc!pur-ee!uiucdcsb!heuring From: heuring@uiucdcsb.CS.UIUC.EDU Newsgroups: net.garden Subject: Bonsai Tree Questions Message-ID: <18000005@uiucdcsb> Date: Tue, 5-Nov-85 12:28:00 EST Article-I.D.: uiucdcsb.18000005 Posted: Tue Nov 5 12:28:00 1985 Date-Received: Thu, 7-Nov-85 05:27:20 EST Lines: 20 Nf-ID: #N:uiucdcsb:18000005:000:636 Nf-From: uiucdcsb.CS.UIUC.EDU!heuring Nov 5 11:28:00 1985 I am considering giving a Bonsai tree to my father for Christmas and not being terribly familiar with the subject have a few questions somebody may be able to help me with. a) Are there places one should avoid when buying one of these trees. (Note: the only places I have found them are various greenhouses) b) Any preferences as to the variety of tree? I have seen several types and wonder if one is better (hardier, easier to shape, etc) than the others. c) What would be a good book on the subject? Thanks, Jerry Heuring heuring@uiucdcsb.CS.UIUC.EDU heuring@uiucdcsb.Uiuc.ARPA