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At the Arnold Arboretum in Jamaica Plain, Massachusetts, the Larz Anderson Bonsai Collection became one of the premier bonsai collections in the United States through the Andersons’ early interest in Japanese horticulture and their purchases in Japan during 1913. Publicly exhibited in 1916 and 1933, the collection later came to the arboretum through Isabel Anderson’s donations after Larz Anderson’s death. It then suffered losses from limited expertise, exhibition strain, and a 1986 theft, but revived after 1969 under Constance Derderian and later curators. Fifteen of the original 39 bonsai survive, including notably durable Hinoki cypresses, one dating to 1737.
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