Growing Bonsai Tree :
Survival is the key word here, for these delicate plants are difficult to care for. Lewis, founder of Bonsai magazine, has written a guide to buying and maintaining a bonsai. There are instructions on shaping, pruning, repotting, and pests and diseases. Lewis lists 50 popular species, with specific information on growing each tree--maple, bamboo, hornbeam, hackberry, quince, cypress, cotoneaster, cedar, beech, ficus, juniper, myrtle, pine, etc. Four-color photographs throughout, primarily for beginners. George Cohen Copyright©, American Library Association. All rights reserved 

From advice on evaluating and selecting plants, to assessing plant health and troubleshooting, the BONSAI SURVIVAL MANUAL provides the comprehensive information every bonsai gardener needs for success. Includes detailed horticultural profiles of 50 popular commercial varieties, with at-a-glance information on their specific requirements. 

The publisher, Storey Publishing, Pownal, Vermont.
This full-color manual takes the mystery out of bonsai with its straightforward, step-by-step, illustrated instructions for buying, siting, maintaining, and troubleshooting. Appropriate for both beginners and bonsai enthusiasts with at-a-glance profiles on 50 popular varieties. 
 
 

This book contains what you need to know to grow Bonsai. 
The Bonsai Survival Manual contains just about everything you need to know about growing and keeping Bonsai. It is well organized with sections on general care and techniques followed by sections on specific species. There is information in here that I have not seen in other books on Bonsai. The writing is terse, concise, and easy to read and understand. The Bonsai photographs show off the beauty of this art form.
All in all, I found this book to be the most useful and fun to read of any Bonsai book I have read. 
rkroll@aol.com   from San Jose, CA 

A noted bonsai artist--and author of The Bonsai Workshop--provides the answers to commonly asked care and maintenance questions in this invaluable handbook for bonsai gardeners. More than 150 color photos showcase exquisite bonsai and illustrate various procedures. 
 
 

Fantastic starter book 
This book was fantastic. It gave me the tips I needed to get started in this hobby with regard to watering, tree placement, general growing tips. Definitely the best of the many books I've read with regards to care tips. 
A reader from Pennsylvania