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FOREWORD

The U.S. National Arboretum, where science meets beauty, is proud to be the
home of the National Bonsai & Penjing Museum, the world’s first public
museum dedicated to the horticultural arts of bonsai and penjing. Founded in
1976 with a gift from Japan to the United States in honor of its Bicentennial, the
National Bonsai & Penjing Museum is a focal collection within the U.S.
National Arboretum.
Established in 1927, the National Arboretum is itself a living museum and
research center. More than half a million visitors visit the grounds annually,
where they enjoy the beauty of our 16,000 varieties of plants, the balance of our
cultivated gardens and natural landscapes, and the quiet of our 446 acres only a
few miles from the U.S Capitol Building.
What they may not know is that they are visiting one of the world’s leading
horticultural science institutions with collections that include a large and

invaluable inventory of germplasm and her-barium specimens to support
research by scientists worldwide. In the United States, the National Arboretum is
credited with introducing more than 650 cultivars of woody and herbaceous
plants into the country. As an entity within the Agricultural Research Service of
the U.S. Department of Agriculture, the National Arboretum continues to
develop new cultivars and new approaches to detecting and treating plant
diseases, ultimately benefitting people in the U.S. and around the globe.
The National Arboretum salutes our National Bonsai & Penjing Museum on
the occasion of its 40th anniversary. We applaud the commitment and skill of all
those who have made possible the museum’s masterpieces of horticultural
artistry.
Dr. Richard T. Olsen

Director, U.S. National Arboretum