Many years ago at a local bonsai show, I saw the most magnificent, mammoth eleagnus: a four-foot-tall informal upright with nice taper, interesting movement, and wonderful branching. It was my favorite tree of the show and I wished I could have it formy collection. (Figure 1) A few years later, what was left of that tree was for sale. Most of the trunk had been eaten by termites. Only a few branches near the apex and one awkwardly angled branch midway up the trunk remained. I understood why the owner wanted to unload it.
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