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Top;
ABS North American Award
Finest North America Native
Species Bonsai
Rocky Mountain Juniper
Juniperus scopulorum
Brian Hollowell

Bottom;
All American Award
Finest American Species in an
American Container Displayed
on an American table
Buttonwood
Conocarpus erectus
Paul Pikel
(featured on the cover of this
issue)

visitors. Harvey Carapella did not think they would
be filled, however there was standing room only for
Hiroyoshi Yamaji’s dynamic demonstration on bonsai
creation.
For the first time we had an Invitational Suiseki Ex-
hibition were the stones were formally displayed with
accessories and bonsai as well. Stones from the United
States, Africa, China, Greece, Puerto Rico and Aus-
tralia were displayed. The public, as well as the bonsai
visitors found the addition of suiseki of interest and
will be included in 2016.
I was especially honored that Japanese dignitaries
traveled to the Untied States to see our U.S. National
Bonsai Exhibition. Jiro Fukuda, Chairman of the Nip-
pon Bonsai Association and Chairman of the World
Bonsai Friendship Federation together with Mrs.
Naemi Iwasaki, Vice-chairman of WBFF and Hatsuji
Kato an advisor to WBFF came. They were accompa-
nied with Yuji Tamura, editor of Bonsai Shunju maga-
zine and their lovely translator Keiko Matsunaga. At
the Award Banquet and Benefit Auction Mr. Fukuda
presented the Nippon Bonsai Association Award to

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