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A gift from Prime Minister Takeo Fukuda, this Trident Maple (Acer buergerianum), in training since
1916, is a root-over-rock style, reflecting how trees sometimes grow over rocks in nature.
John Creech also mentioned President and Mrs. Carter and their appreciation
for bonsai in The Bonsai Saga:
The bonsai collection was now on the State Department list of places to bring
foreign dignitaries. First Lady Rosalyn Carter visited the Arboretum several
times with such visitors, once with Ambassador Togo’s wife. As a result, the
White House used the collection to good advantage when Japanese Prime
Minister Takeo Fukuda later met with President Carter.
The White House staff was informed that Prime Minister Fukuda had a yew
tree in the bonsai collection and asked us if it would be possible to have the

prime minister’s bonsai sitting on the credenza behind the president’s desk
during their conversation in the Oval Office. We were delighted to comply with
the request, and Skip March was elected to take the bonsai to the White House.
With plant in hand, he was ushered into the Oval Office with lightning speed to
place the plant on the credenza behind the president’s desk. But in the location
where Skip needed to place the bonsai, there was a model of the historic USS
Constitution under a glass dome. The ship had to be relocated, and this required
approval from the Navy. But Skip prevailed and the bonsai was set in place.
The next thing he knew President Carter entered the Oval Office just prior to
receiving the prime minister on the South lawn. Skip was introduced and had a
brief conversation with the president. President Carter suggested that perhaps the
tree could stay at the White House. Skip said very diplomatically, “no, it might
die if kept indoors.” Then President Carter suggested that perhaps two trees