Show 'n Tell by Dierk Neugebauer At our last November meeting several members spoke about some interesting developments of their trees. Here are some sample illustrations.

John Biel arrived with a large pot, full of a large blauwii juniper which he had taken home at the last meeting in order to work on it for today's raffle. Not mucxh seemed to have changed with the tree until he started pulling its branches out of the pot ... and	... this is what we were left with.

Jeff Shortt brought in a collected white cedar.	The planned future of this tree will involve a series of approach grafts of small trees in order to generate a root system part way up the main trunk of the tree.

David Johnson is showing us a series of grafts he had made of Scots pine branches onto a white pine trunk. The Scots pine was planted in the same pot as the white pine for this event to occur.	Here David is showing us a root graft that is happening (behind the rose collar) on a Zelkova. His intention is to transform it into a broom style tree, as illustrated in one of John Naka's "Bonsai Techniques" books.

Pat McDougall is explaining the phoenix graft of a spruce tree onto a piece of juniper driftwood. Read her article elsewhere in this issue on the process.	Bob Wilcox is talking about a root layering that he had performed on a trident maple in order to generate a set of roots for a "root over rock" planting. Here we see the early result.

This closeup shows us an amazingly even spread of roots at the bottom of the tree.	Arthur Skolnik brought in a forest-type planting that started with a single tree placed on its side. Its branches were fanned out away from the trunk to create the forest effect. He had a special name for this type of "raft:" ...

In his usual animated manner, Arthur is explaining how the branches were fanned out and positioned, using his arms as examples.	Arthur also brought in a recently collected Burning Bush with a 2" diameter trunk.

In order to have some branches lower down on the trunk, Arthur has used a series of thread grafts, where a branch is pushed through a hole in the tree that was drilled in the appropriate location for the new branch.

I also spoke about the approach graft on a benjamina tree that was written up in the December issue. I think you've seen enough pictures of it already. Hopefully, I will be able to publish more of these short "show 'n tell" stories as more of you bring in your trees to future meetings.