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David J Sampson  - (Dealer)
	DAVID J SAMPSON - Offers a premier selection of fine Japanese SUISEKI and associated items for sale. Contact via website only.
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Sabakan  - (Tree Style)
(No Photo Yet) (Send Image)	SABAKAN - Hollowed or rotten trunk.
Sabamiki  - (Tree Style)
	MIKI>SABAMIKI - As its western naME of "SPLIT TRUNK Style" suggests, this style reflects the position in nature where the trunk has split in two due to action by lightning or by heavy branches peeling away and taking a section of the trunk with them. The style is typically bare in part and rugged in appearance. It should look like it has "been through the wars." The example shown is an escalonia grown by Peter Thorne of the Ayr BONSAI>BONSAI>BONSAI Group.
Sabi  - (Other)
(No Photo Yet) (Send Image)	SABI - Often used together with the term "WABI" both of which terms relate to the Japanese sense of shibui, the aesthetic tastefulness and austerity in art and moveMEnt.  Sabi is the sense of beauty that comes with great age and which is acheived by nature, not by man.
Sachi eda  - (Tree Parts)
	EDA>EDA>SACHI EDA - Primary branch which establishes the direction and moveMEnt of the tree.  See also ICHI NO EDA and UKE EDA and SAN NO EDA.
Sagari eda  - (Tree Parts)
	EDA>EDA>SAGARI EDA - Branches (called "sagari eda") growing straight down should be removed from your BONSAI>BONSAI>BONSAI tree, unless of course your a growing a cascade style tree.   See Branch PRUNING.
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Sageretia (Sageretia Theezans)  - (Tree Type (Indoors))
	Sageretia (Sageretia TheeZAns) - Notable feature is its patchy, peeling (Plane tree type) BARK. Its slender branches support small, shiny, EVERGREEN LEAVES and white FLOWERS which develop into blue berries. STYLE : Suited to all styles. WARNING : High HUMIDITY essential. Site above or near (not on) water.
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Saikei  - (Tree Style)
	SAIKEI - Saikei is a landscape in a tray/container forMEd by a grouping of trees together with a selection of plants, rocks, moss and sand to form a landscaped scene.  This style is said to have been created by Toshio Kawamoto inspired by miniature gardens of ancient origin. Also sometimes referred to in the West as a "composition".
Salisbury Bonsai Society  - (Club or Group)
	BONSAI>BONSAI>BONSAISOCIETY>SALISBURY BONSAI SOCIETY - The Society was founded in August 1987 by two local bonsai enthusiasts, Rita Molland and Valerie Casey. MEets on the first Monday of the month at Laverstock Village Hall Duck Lane at 7.45pm. Contact is by email at m5eay.geoff@btinternet.com
Samon yose (Sambon Yose)  - (Tree Style)
	SAMON YOSE (SAMBON YOSE) - GROUP PLANTING with three trees
San no eda  - (Tree Parts)
	EDA>EDA>SAN NO EDA - Japanese term for third branch of a BONSAI>BONSAI>BONSAI tree.
Sankan  - (Tree Style)
	SANKAN - Denotes a "3 trunks on the saME tree" triple trunk style.
Sapwood  - (Tree Parts)