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Version 4.1 Updated January 1, 2002
the centennial publication
as e-text of Albert Maumené's 1902 Les
Arbres Nains Japonais ;
Chinese
Schools & Styles to the Big Picture of Bonsai History ;
more entries in the Bonsai
Book of Days ;
additional newly
published and older books about
bonsai and related arts ;
bonsai on postage stamps
from Vietnam and the Maldives ;
a new service for non-English
web sites, Professional Display Proofing ;
a discussion Forum
(as of Jan. 8) ;
and various other updates
(see Site Map).
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Version 3.4 Updated November 4, 2001
more sightings of Bonsai
in Films & on TV in Boldly Grow III
& IV;
additional incompletely
identified dwarf potted tree images in Chinese
& Japanese Prints;
a page for links to Other
Club Newsletters online;
additional newly
published books about bonsai and related arts;
Commodore
Matthew Perry's dwarf potted tree observations;
significant updates to
the history of Elephant's Food and the
other
Portulacaria species;
and various other updates
(see Site Map).
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Version 3.3 Updated July 4, 2001
more sightings of Bonsai
in Films & on TV to Boldly Grow III
& IV;
first edition of incomplete
identifications for dwarf potted tree images in Chinese
& Japanese Prints;
a page for links to Other
Club Newsletters;
various other updates
(see Site Map);
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Version 3.2 Updated March 4, 2001
the first non-English
Graphics Gateway pages (near top of Home Page);
first edition of dwarf
potted tree images as Portrayals
in Chinese Prints;
more pictures to our
Recently
Displayed and Demonstrated Trees;
Do
I need to join a club to learn bonsai? to the FAQ page;
updates to our Club
History;
links to The
Big Picture
including expansion of
Boshanlu
and addition of Chronology of Notable
Histories;
a Site Search Engine
(as of 03/15/01).
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Version 3.1 Updated January 7, 2001
additional material to
Plants
For Bonsai Here, including scientific Family and Order names;
several Things We Learned
from Leroy on the Philosophy and Thoughts
page;
first edition of dwarf
potted tree images as Portrayals
in Japanese Prints;
images of sample pages
of Books 1800-1949;
splitting "To Boldly
Grow, Part III" into 'Up Through the Year 1999'
and 'The Year 2000 and
Beyond' ("Boldly Grow, Part IV").
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Version 2.4 Updated November 28, 2000
the
first edition of Origins of Some of the Terms;
a
couple more entries to our Recently Displayed
and Demonstrated Trees;
significant material
to the Portulacaria monograph;
tweaked a number of other
pages;
and made the entire site
accessible from www.phoenixbonsai.com .
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Version 2.3 Updated August 1, 2000
the first edition of Japanese
Portrayals in Paintings and Woodblock Prints ;
Other
Theatrical Portrayals of Dwarf Potted Trees ;
and additional fictional
portrayals In Other Words .
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Version 2.2 Updated May 21, 2000
* New quick address
to reach this Home Page www.phoenixbonsai.com
(Bookmark it!);
christened the History
of Bonsai section Magical Miniature Landscapes;
four pre-1800 Travellers'
Dwarf Tree Observations;
first batches of Recently
Displayed Trees pictures (finally!);
a few more entries and
a "wish list" to the Bonsai Book of Days.
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Version 2.1 Updated March 11, 2000
New area club Bonsai of
Scottsdale schedule in Calendar of Events;
descriptions of Chinese
Paintings and Woodblock prints featuring dwarf potted trees;
first edition of Bonsai
Book of Days;
new listings to Boldly
Grow 3, including other sightings not yet confirmed;
equal column widths for
Magazines
(finally!).
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Version 2.0 Updated January 31, 2000
An Overall
Site Map which lists some future additions;
a helpful Plant
Listing for Plants as Bonsai Here in the Desert;
how to dig a landscape
bougainvillea
for use as a bonsai;
updates to the Bonsai
Books listing, including Category Color Coding;
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Version 1.10 Updated December 10, 1999
Addition of Conventions
& Symposia to the History "Wing,"
addition of Kyuzo
Murata's biography;
updates to Bonsai
Books and Magazines;
addition of the text
of some pre-1945 articles and similar
material in "America Peeks"
(for fellow hardcore
researchers only!);
better site maps at the
bottom of all pages
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Version 1.9 Updated October 15, 1999
Some nursery ads, and
links to San Diego bonsai nurseries in Sources;
addition of Saburo
Kato's biography;
some updating of
John
Naka and Yuji Yoshimura's biographies;
Bonsai
on Postage Stamps , Bonsai Bibliography,
and Magazines to the History "Wing."
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Version 1.8 Updated September 5, 1999
A
History of Bonsai "Wing" to the site, which includes The
Big Picture and
English
Language Bonsai Bibliographies, Pre-1945
and Post-1945;
What
Was New? Previous Version Additions;
Updated Club Activity
Calendar
Dimensions for Leroy's
Trees;
Foliage and Flower symbols
on Plants.
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Version 1.7 Updated August 10, 1999
Yuji
Yoshimura biography on to the John Naka page;
Two
pages of pictures of trees created by our late sensei, Leroy
Fujii.
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Version 1.6 Updated July 11, 1999
Founder Paul
Matsusaki's picture on the Philosophy and Thoughts page;
Jim Claycomb's Vacation
Notes to the FAQ page;
Some general clean-up
and format standardization;
Text of RJB's articles
"To
Boldly Grow: Some Celluloid Bonsai (Parts I & II & III)";
and A
Monograph on Portulacaria afra, Elephant's Food
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Version 1.5 Updated June 6, 1999
Visitor counter;
Additional links on John
Naka's page;
Text of RJB's articles
"Some
Bonsai Futures" and "America Peeks at Bonsai"
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Version 1.4 Updated May 28, 1999
Other Bonsai and Gardening
Website Links on Home Page;
Eulogies
for Joseph Peter Baran; +
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Version 1.1 Updated May 10, 1999
Added John
Yoshio Naka "Wing" to the site
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Version 1.0 Updated May 3, 1999
Multi-page Website
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Version 0.0 Dated April 12, 1999
Home Page listing some
details of what would be on the site