Handbook of Trees of the Northern States and Canadj 



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The Hiltiiioix- Asli is a tree of iiiediuiii >i/,i, 

 not often surpassin-j; 40 or .')() ft. in iieij^lit ur 

 12 or 15 in. in tliickness of triiiil;. and wlie i 

 not crowded by other trees develops an op 'ii 

 synimetrical ovoid or rounded top, of stoiil 

 spreading branelies. Its hark is of a dark 

 gray color, fissured in rather narrow soniewh it 

 reticulate ridges, \-ery niucli resembling that of 

 the White Asii, as it does also in the (|uaiity 

 of its wood and other characters, excepting tlie 

 amount of pubescence of its foliage and branch- 

 lets. It inhabits the rich well-drained soil of 

 slopes and the banks of streams, or occasionally 

 low-lands, of the foot-hill region of the Alle- 

 ghany Mountains, from Pennsylvania to North- 

 ern Georgia and Alabama. For its discovery 

 we are indebted to Prof. C. D. Beadle, Botanist 

 at the Biltmore forest estate of Mr. Geo. \\'. 

 Vanderbilt, where it is a common tree, and 

 he has appropriately given it the name of the 

 estate. 



Its wood is heavy, hard, strong, tough and 

 of a pinkish brown color, with abundant lighter 

 sap-wood, and is suitable for the uses to which 

 the White Ash wood is applied.! 



Leaves 10-1.5 in. long, with 7-0 ovate or ovatr 

 oblons; to lanceolate somewhat falcate loni;- 

 petiolulate leaflets, o-7 in. long, obtuse or 

 rounded at base, acuminate, with entire or ob- 

 scurel.v denticulate margins and at maturit.v firm 

 dark green above, paler and pubescent especiall.v 

 on the veins beneath : branclilets velvety pubescent. 

 Flowers early in May. in rather compact pubcsci-nt 

 panicles. Fruit: samaras li/4-l% in. long, liuear 

 or linear-spatula te with wing 2 or .3 times ;is 

 long and ver.v sliehtl.v deeurrent upon tlie nearly 

 terete narrovvly elliptic seed-bearing portion. 



1. A. W., XII, 287. 



