Google Video of a Civil War Era Bonsai

[webmaster]

This bonsai is old!
https://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-8526207871852201148

So there's a bonsai garden nearby and they have an Oak bonsai that was presented to Abraham Lincoln's Ambassador to China.

So I'm thinking of taking photos of it, and even a movie.

Is this something anyone's interested in seeing?

[femlow]

Sounds very cool. I would love to see it. Its very rare to see a bonsai as old as that, and I am a big fan of oaks.

[JoeLewko]

id love to see it.

[DanW66]

Yes, please!

I love seeing old bonsai. I was at the National Arboretum's site a few weeks ago and saw one of the trees that Japan presented to America for our bicentenial. The tree was first potted as bonsai in 1627. Amazing!

Please post the images.

[opabinia51]

Ditto!

[webmaster]

Ok,
I've got some pics and a movie of it. I'll be posting it in a day or two.

[ynot]

Yes, please!

I love seeing old bonsai. I was at the National Arboretum's site a few weeks ago and saw one of the trees that Japan presented to America for our bicentenial. The tree was first potted as bonsai in 1627. Amazing!

Please post the images.

I think the tree you mention is the Yamaki Pine, Named after Masaru Yamaki of Hiroshima, Japan. [img]https://img89.imageshack.us/img89/3999/yamakipinecj0.jpg[/img]

It survived August 6, 1945, You may recall that was the day the US dropped the Atomic bomb on Hiroshima.

Years later on the occasion of our Bi-centenial in a wonderfull and giving gesture, Mr. Yamaki gifted this tree to the U.S. National Arboretum.
Read more about this tree and the amazing story behind it at: https://www.bonsai-nbf.org/nbf/hiroshimasurvivor/
Or just google 'Yamaki pine'

[webmaster]

Here is the video of the bonsai, I posted it over on Google Video
https://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-8526207871852201148

I'll be posting some photos here too.