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Old 31-Aug-2003   #44
Carl_Bergstrom
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Originally posted by Walter_Pall

Attached is one of my famous cookie cuttter trees. It is a Chinese elm which has won lots of awards. I think it is really bonsai kitsch. It is a transvestite, an elm that desparately wants to look like a pine tree...


I guess I don't see the problem in that.

Arguing that elms should only be styled so as to evoke the form of wild elms is like arguing that artists who sketch with charcoal should only draw the insides of coal mines!

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Carl
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