Re: gardenwriters Digest, Vol 72, Issue 5

**M* H* <m*@mac.com>**

Apparently there are those who would disagree with you. Check it out   http://www.plantamnesty.org/festival/about/plantAmnesty.aspx

Find the page with their Hall of Shame.

Mary Henry
Tacoma, WA

On Jan 6, 2009, at 1:19 PM, gardenwriters-request@lists.ibiblio.org  
wrote:

> From: frielster@aol.com
> Date: January 6, 2009 11:24:12 AM PST
> To: gardenwriters@lists.ibiblio.org
> Subject: Re: [GWL] Speaking of Wikipedia
> Reply-To: Garden Writers -- GWL -- The Garden Writers Forum <gardenwriters@lists.ibiblio.org 
> >
>
>
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> Methinks no one answered Richard's other question: If arborsculpture  
> by any name is tree abuse, as one wag charged, then should bonsai  
> and espalier not also be tarred with that brush? Bonsai is sort of  
> the horticultural equivalent of foot binding, another ancient Asian  
> fetish, but it's harmless. I can't see that shaping plants deserves  
> to be called "abuse."
> Cropping a dog's tail and ears? That's abusive. Pruning a tree? Have  
> at it. Here, let me steady that ladder for you.

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