ARBORICULTURE 



A MONTHLY MAGAZINE. 



Published in the Interest of the 

 International Society of Arboriculture, 



Subscription, $1.00 per annum. 



John P. Browx, Editor, Connersville, Indiana 



Volume II. 



Indianapolis, December, 1903. 



Number 10. 



Topics in Lumberman's Number. 



PAGE 



TIMBERMAN'S PROBLEMS ------- 414 



LETTER FROM GEO. W. TINCHER - - - - - 418 



EXCELLENT TREE GROWTH ------ 42/ 



TOPEKA CATALPAS ---.---. 422 



OHIO EXPERIMENT STATION ------ 425 



WHERE OUR FORESTS ARE GOING . _ . _ 426 



THE CORNELL FORESTRY SCHOOL ----- 428 



WORLD'S FAIR BUILDINGS --.-.. 434 



BOOK REVIEWS --------- 436 



Eliam E. Barney. 



Eliam E. Barney, whose portrait we 

 are enabled to present this moath, was a 

 native of Jefferson county, New York, 

 and was born October 14, 1807. In early 

 life he was a school teacher, first in New 

 York State, and aiterwards at Granville 

 and Dayton, Ohio, where he made his 

 final home. 



In 1845 the railway car works were 

 established which have since became so 

 noted as the Barney & Smith Manufac- 

 turing Co. Mr. Barney was interested 

 in many other business enterprises, 

 banks, railways, etc. 



In handling vast quantities of fine 

 wood used in car construction and rail- 

 way operation, Mr. Barney was alert for 

 and wood possessing unusual qualities, 

 in this way learning the value of the 

 catalpa. 



He found it to be of extraordinary 

 growth and of remarkable durability; 



and thus induced others to consider 

 these important characteristics and cul- 

 tivate the trees. He wrote many articles 

 for T]ie Railway Age and other papers 

 upon this subject, and advocated the 

 planting of catalpa trees by railways. 

 Mr. Barney's experiments to test the 

 strength of catalpa wood are worth 

 much to the corporations which use so 

 much wood for ties and timbers. 



The pamphlet published by Mr. Bar- 

 ney in the 70 's is still a standard work 

 upon this subject, and has supplied 

 many articles, for which Aboriculture 

 has taken extracts freely. 



Mr. Barney expended large sums in 

 securing specimens of wood, in collect- 

 ing and distributing speds, and in dis- 

 seminating valuable information upon 

 the subject of catalpa. His death oc- 

 curred December 17, 1880. 



