Quercus acuta 
Native of Japan. 
Nat. Order: CupPuLIFERA. Tribe : QUERCINEA. 
Quercus acuta, Thunberg, “Fl. Jap.” 175 (1784); Q. Buergerz, 
Blume, “ Mus. Bot. Gard. Buitenzorz,” i. 299. 
This evergreen is a most distinct and valuable introduction 
from Japan. The leaves are of a shining green, nearly four 
inches long by two across: it is one of the finest of the 
evergreen oaks, and forms a rounded bush, growing vigorously 
in deep light loamy soil. It was introduced about forty years 
ago, and is very hardy; it will stand any amount of bad 
weather without being in the least injured. Another advantage 
it has is that rabbits will not attack it, so that you can have 
it in places where they abound, and where other evergreens 
would be destroyed. It bears transplanting well, as it carries 
a large ball of fibrous roots. I have moved it more than 
eight feet high and the same through, without its going back 
in the least. This plant is thirteen feet high, with a circum- 
ference of the branches of forty-two feet. Seed can be obtained 
from the Yokohama Nursery Company; but the acorns should 
be sent in damp earth, as they soon lose their fertility. 
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