Fraxinus americana biltmoreana

Has anybody got a reference that mentions the origin of "biltmoreana" in this name?

Scott

i would make a guess and say this is the Biltmore Estate, the Vanderbuilts the gardens there are well known for their plants and I am guessing this was named for them.


My best guess.

Mine also after long search. I am interested in description all following varietal name biltmoreana as in: Fraxinus americana L. var biltmoreana (Beadle) Wright ex Fernald. I am assuming that these three individuals had something to "do" with this tree, but what, and can one tell by the order. Ken

With three you get eggroll...

Some interesting history you find when someone throws mud at the wall to see what sticks. Conifer50 might just like to read about who strode around north GA ahead of him. Big footprints, indeed.

Delos White Beadle was the son of Dr. Chauncey Beadle of St. Catharines, Ontario, who was one of the pioneer nurserymen of the province (and a physician).

D-Lo had quite the pedigree with degrees from Yale, Toronto, and Harvard. He was scholar, writer, horticulturist, and (heavens) practiced as a lawyer for a brief misguided bit. Straightening out his life, he joined his father's business in 1854 and became widely known in Canada.

Besides the nursery business, Beadle became hort editor of "The Canada Farmer" and an officer in the Fruit Growers Association of Ontario. He performed these kinds of duties up till retirement in 1887. He also helped originate "The Canadian Horticulturist" in 1872, and published his "Canadian Fruit, Flower and Kitchen Gardener" in the same year. He died in 1905.

Read more about him here: http://www.biographi.ca/EN/ShowBio.asp?BioId=40667&query=

He begat a son, who is the culprit in this search:

Beadle, Chauncey Delos, Biltmore, N. C., was born at St. Catharines, Ont., Aug. 5, 1866. Ont. Agr. Col., 1884; Cornell, 1889. Director, Biltmore Herbarium, 1890. Botany of the southern states. Crataegus; Philadelphus; Rudbeckia; Marshallia.

Read more about him here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chauncey_Beadle

Those with some texts on their shelves might peruse p. 89 of "A Guide to Biltmore Estate"; a handsome mug he is, even at 83 years young.

"I like to watch."

Chauncey Gardener! I love the book/movie that charactor comes from. Funny, I was just talking about "Being There" with a friend over Xmas. Thanks, John...

Such a classic. I think it's my favorite Peter Sellers movie of all time. Lots of undertones there, if one observes closely. And who can fault the fabulous backdrop of the Biltmore Estate?

"This is a very small room."

Yep, great movie and book. Takes me right back to my college years. Dare I say 1978-1982. I need to dig both the movie and the book out. Can't remember which I liked best. Why is that movie never one that crops up on TV?

Scott

Edited to add: Thanks for the work on the origin of the Latin, VV. You are the master!

This message was edited Dec 27, 2006 9:23 PM