Beadle was known for his horticultural work with azaleas. Events 642 - Battle of Maserfield - Penda of Mercia defeats and kills Oswald of Bernicia. Year 1866 ( MDCCCLXVI) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Ontario (ɒnˈtɛrioʊ is a province located in the central part of Canada, the largest by population and second largest after Quebec Year 1950 ( MCML) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Asheville is a City in and the County seat of Buncombe County, North Carolina, United North Carolina ( is a state located on the Atlantic Seaboard in the southeastern United States Country to "Dominion of Canada" or "Canadian Federation" or anything else please read the Talk Page Botany, plant science(s, phytology, or plant biology is a branch of Biology and is the scientific study of plant Life Horticulture is the art and science of plant cultivation Horticulturists (or horticuluralists) work and conduct research in the fields of Plant propagation Biltmore House is a French Renaissance inspired chateau near Asheville, North Carolina, built by George Washington Vanderbilt between 1888 and 1895 Alma mater is Latin for "nourishing mother" It was used in Ancient Rome as a title for the mother Goddess, and in Medieval In Botanical nomenclature, author citation refers to citing the person (or group of people who validly published a Botanical name, i This Flame Azalea, by Ellis Rowan, is from Southern Wildflowers and Trees by Alice Lounsberry. Marion Ellis Rowan (1847 – October 4, 1922) known as Ellis Rowan was an Australian naturalist and well known illustrator Alice Lounsberry (1872 - 1949 was an American botanist and author active in the United States during the late 19th and early 20th centuries Beadle wrote the Introduction for that work.

Chauncey Delos Beadle (August 5, 1866, St. Catharines, Ontario – 1950) was a Canadian-born botanist and horticulturist active in the southern United States. Events 642 - Battle of Maserfield - Penda of Mercia defeats and kills Oswald of Bernicia. Year 1866 ( MDCCCLXVI) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Ontario (ɒnˈtɛrioʊ is a province located in the central part of Canada, the largest by population and second largest after Quebec Year 1950 ( MCML) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. He was educated in horticulture at Ontario Agricultural College (1884) and Cornell University (1889). The Ontario Agricultural College (OAC originated at the agricultural laboratories of the Toronto Normal School, and was officially founded in 1874 as an associate In 1890 the landscape architect Frederick Law Olmsted hired him to oversee the nursery at Biltmore Estate in Asheville, North Carolina on a temporary basis. Frederick Law Olmsted ( April 25, 1822 &ndash August 28, 1903) was an American landscape designer and father of American Biltmore House is a French Renaissance inspired chateau near Asheville, North Carolina, built by George Washington Vanderbilt between 1888 and 1895 North Carolina ( is a state located on the Atlantic Seaboard in the southeastern United States Olmsted had been impressed by Beadle's "encyclopedic" knowledge of plants. Beadle ended up working at Biltmore for more than 60 years, until his death in 1950. He is best known for his horticultural work with azaleas, and described several species and varieties of plants from the southern Appalachian region. Azaleas are flowering Shrubs making up part of the genus Rhododendron. The Appalachian Mountains ( often called the Appalachians, are a vast system of mountains in eastern North America. He and three friends, including his "driver and companion" Sylvester Owens, styled themselves the Azalea Hunters. The group traveled over the eastern United States for a period of fifteen years, studying and collecting native plants. In 1940 Beadle donated his entire collection of 3,000 plants to Biltmore Estates.

Beadle wrote scientific papers describing new species and varieties of North American plants, for example, papers in the journal Biltmore Botanical Studies. (See, for example, this reference to the scientific description of Florida Mock-orange, Philadelphus floridus. ) Two of his important collaborators at Biltmore were Charles Lawrence Boynton and Frank Ellis Boynton. Charles Lawrence Boynton ( 1864 – 1943) was an American botanist active in the Southeastern United States working at Biltmore Estate with Frederick Ellis Boynton (1859 – unknown was an American botanist active in the Southeastern United States working at Biltmore Estate with Chauncey Beadle In popular literature, Beadle wrote the Introduction for Alice Lounsberry's Southern Wildflowers and Trees. Alice Lounsberry (1872 - 1949 was an American botanist and author active in the United States during the late 19th and early 20th centuries

Beadle was possibly the inspiration for the name of the character Chauncey Gardiner in the movie Being There, filmed partly at Biltmore Estate. Being There is a 1979 film directed by Hal Ashby, adapted from the 1971 novel written by Jerzy Kosiński. Being There is a 1979 film directed by Hal Ashby, adapted from the 1971 novel written by Jerzy Kosiński. (See discussion. )

References and external links

1. ^ Brummitt, R. K. ; C. E. Powell (1992). Authors of Plant Names. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. The Royal Botanic Gardens Kew, usually referred to simply as Kew Gardens, are extensive Gardens and botanical glasshouses between Richmond and ISBN 1-84246-085-4.  

• Plants and Floyd County, Georgia. Retrieved on 2005-05-02. Year 2005 ( MMV) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link displays full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Events 1194 - King Richard I of England gives Portsmouth its first Royal Charter.
• Biltmore Estates (swf). Retrieved on 2006-05-02. Year 2006 ( MMVI) was a Common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. Events 1194 - King Richard I of England gives Portsmouth its first Royal Charter.
• Being There at the Internet Movie Database
• Biltmore Estate's Azalea Garden Remains a Living Legacy to its Creators. Blue Ridge Digest (Spring 1997). Retrieved on 2006-05-04. Year 2006 ( MMVI) was a Common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. Events 1256 - The Augustinian monastic order is constituted at the Lecceto Monastery when Pope Alexander IV
• Chauncey Beadle, Landscape Architect. University of North Carolina at Asheville (2005). Retrieved on 2007-01-27. Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. Events 98 - Trajan becomes Roman Emperor after the death of Nerva.
• Men of 1914: An Accurate Biographical Record of Prominent Men in All Walks of Life Who Have Achieved Success in Their Chosen Vocations in the Various Civil, Industrial, and Commercial Lines of Activity, Chicago: American Publishers' Association, 1915, OCLC 49777827 
• Denizens of Biltmore--has photo of Beadle, accessed 9 January 2008
• Alice Lounsberry (1901). Chicago (ʃɪˈkɑːgoʊ is the largest City by population in the state of Illinois and the American Midwest of the United States. The OCLC Online Computer Library Center is according to its website a "nonprofit membership computer library service and research organization dedicated to the public purpose Southern Wild Flowers and Trees (forward by Chauncey Beadle). New York: Frederick A. Stokes Company.
• Rachel Carley (1994). A Guide to Biltmore Estate. Asheville, North Carolina: The Biltmore Company. ISBN 1-885378-00-9. 116 pages.