Autumn Bone
Autumn Bone
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 C PLATTS AUTUMN BONE 1 OF 250 TRAPPER 6375  US $210.00
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 Case Ertl 1947 Dodge Pick Up Autumn Bone Tuxedo US $199.99
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 CASE XX AUTUMN BARB WIRE BONE TRAPPER KNIFE 6254SS NICE US $165.00
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 Case 9654 Slimline Trapper Brass Shield Autumn Jigged Bone Clip Blade US $155.99
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 CASE XX MINT SET AUTUMN BONE 1 100 SMALL STOCKMAN KNIFE US $145.00
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 CASE XX MINT SET AUTUMN BONE 1 100 STOCKMAN KNIFE 6318 US $145.00
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 CASE XX MINT SET AUTUMN BONE SCROLLED BOLSTERS 078 100 PEN KNIFE 6201 SS US $145.00
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 CASE XX AUTUMN BONE TONY BOSE SADDLEHORN KNIFE 2004 TB62110 SS US $145.00
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 CASE XX 2002 ROGERS AUTUMN BONE SILVER SCRIPT STOCKMAN KNIFE 6318 SS US $145.00
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 CASE XX USA AUTUMN BONE LARGE STOCKMAN KNIFE 6375 SS 2006 US $145.00
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 CASE XX 2000 AUTUMN PEACHSEED BONE CONGRESS KNIFE US $145.00
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 CASE XX AUTUMN PEACHSEED BONE CONGRESS KNIFE 64052 2000 US $145.00
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 CASE XX AUTUMN PEACHSEED BONE RUSSLOCK KNIFE 61953LSS US $145.00
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 CASE XX 2000 AUTUMN PEACHSEED BONE KNIFE 61953L SS US $145.00
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 CASE XX 2000 AUTUMN PEACHSEED BONE TRAPPER KNIFE 6254SS US $135.00
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 CASE XX 2000 AUTUMN BONE CONGRESS KNIFE 64052 SS US $135.00
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 CASE XX SILVER SCRIPT AUTUMN BONE DOCTORS KNIFE 6185SS US $135.00
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 CASE XX AUTUMN PEACHSEED BONE TRAPPER KNIFE 6254 2000 US $135.00
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 CASE XX AUTUMN PEACHSEED BONE COPPERLOCK KNIFE 61549LSS US $135.00
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 CASE XX 2000 AUTUMN BONE RUSSLOCK KNIFE 61953L SS US $125.00
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 CASE XX 2002 ROGERS AUTUMN BONE SILVER SCRIPT TOOTHPICK KNIFE 610096 SS US $125.00
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 CASE XX 2001 AUTUMN BONE BABY BUTTERBEAN KNIFE 62132SS US $125.00
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 CASE XX AUTUMN PEACHSEED BONE BUTTERBEAN KNIFE 62132 US $125.00
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 CASE XX AUTUMN BARNBRD BONE TEXAS TOOTHPICK KNIFE 2008 US $115.00
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 Case 2002 Small Silver Script Mint Set Muskrat Autumn Bone 1 of 250 US $109.00
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 CASE XX 2000 AUTUMN PEACHSEED BONE TINY TOOTHPICK KNIFE 610096 SS US $105.00
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The Living Art of Bonsai
The majority of the dwarfed potted trees which are called bonsai are developed from ordinary nursery stock or from somewhat dwarfed trees found in a natural habitat. This is where the art of learning how to grow bonsai lies.
From mountains and ragged woods, a tremendous amount of material is dug and brought to the training beds of dwarfed potted trees specialists each year. In the ease of naturally occurring, partially dwarfed trees, there is need only for a few wires and a little training. Trees that have lost the greater part of their roots are a more serious problem. To illustrate, I will now describe the collection of Japanese Black Pine.
On the mountain of Shodoshima or Shodo Island which is located in the Seto Inland Sea National Park a countless number of Japanese Black Pine for dwarfed potted trees have been dug by professional collectors. Many renowned and valuable dwarfed Black Pines were produced from the material collected here.
On the islet opposite my house a Black Pine was collected many years ago, which became the most precious and dearest of all dwarfed potted Black Pines. Seeing the spot through Bald Cypress (Taxodium distichum) and Cypress-Pine (Callitris glauca) in the Acclimatization Gardens as I am writing, I vividly recall the days when collectors came to the island in autumn and spring.
The surface rock is granite. Higher up on the mountain the rocks weather into coarse whitish sand and the layer of soil is very thin; at lower levels there is a greater depth of soil and always some moisture. The summer is very hot and almost bone dry.
On the upper parts of both sides of the ridge, Black Pine dominates; next comes Red Pine (Pinte densiflora) and in far lesser numbers the Needle Juniper, Rhododendron reticulatum, Rhododendron kaemferi, Bush Clover (Lespedeza bicolor) and Balloon-flower (Platycodon grandijlo-rum). Three feet is generally regarded as the maximum height of dwarfed potted trees. To keep within the golden rule of the art of bonsai, the larger trees are often sharply pruned.
For example, on discovering a very dwarfed pine five or more feet in height with a trunk five or more inches in diameter, if the lower branches are three feet from the ground and picturesque in form (or promise to be so if trained), the upper portion of the main trunk is sawed off.
Undesirable branches are cut off. Only the tap root remains uncut. First the straw rope is coiled cautiously and rather firmly thrice or more horizontally around the ball and then all around the surface of the ball, so the very porous, coarse, sandy soil ball is firmly held about the roots; the tap root is finally sawed through, and the tree is removed.
You may wonder at the proportionately small size of the ball, but usually seventy per cent or more of the trees collected survive and become well settled as dwarfed potted trees; occasionally in very dry, hot summers, fifty per cent or so succumb.
Once the bonsai have been trained with wire for 1-2 years they become established and robust.
#Clare Bowditch Autumn Bone @ Blueprint