| Interview with employee of the US National Arboretum | ||
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| Tape Master: | 2669 | |
| Catalog #: | 525101 | |
| Clip Number: | 525101-4 | |
| Orginal Film: | DC10 | |
| Timecode: | 03:09:44 - 03:11:34 | |
| Location: | Washington D.C. | |
| Year Shot: | 1988 (Actual Year) | |
| Audio: | Yes | |
| Color: | Yes | |
| Headings: | HORTICULTURE/GARDENS: Asian JOURNALISM: Interview LOCATIONS/NORTH AMERICA: USA, Washington D.C. | |
| Description: | Noise from a plane briefly stops the interview. Gardner: "They are dwarfed by pruning both the top of the plant and the roots of the plant. The general age of the trees that we have in this collection are around 100 years old. You can come up from the nursery stock maybe something in the way of 3 to 5 years. It looks nice and attractive and artful because it is a horticultural art form." The female interviewer asks him about his favorite or most unusual trees in the collection. Gardner: "They are all sort of like a group of children. Sometimes one plant looks very nice and another one is giving you a hard time. But when the one that is giving you a hard time comes around and looks good then that for the moment is one that looks better. We really don't have one that we think is outstanding over all the rest. There are a number that have been given by Prime Ministers. We have 5 from different Prime Ministers. 3 from the Royal Family, 1 from the Imperial Household or the Emperor's Collection. In fact that one there is 2 of the plants and one is still in Japan and one is here. That is sort of twin plants." | |
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