208 THE CONNECTICUT POMOLOGICAL SOCIETY. 



intellect was as clear as that of a man in the prime of life, up U> 

 the time that, he was forced to take to his bed. 



He was a member of the Grange and of the Pomological So- 

 ciety of the State, and was considered an authority on horticultural 

 questions. In the nursery business, to which he was strongly 

 devoted, he was ambitious, energetic, far-seeing, and a great work- 

 er. Under his mana.gement, the business grew to be one of the 

 largest, if not the largest, nursery tirm in New England, but w:th 

 all his ambition, he was a just man and no mistakes were made 

 in, his business which he would not rectify if properly explained 

 to him. 



Mr. Hoyt was in 1888 a member of the State Legislature from 

 New Canaan and a member of the State Board of Agriculture, 

 Vice-President of the Board of Control of Connecticut Experi- 

 ment Station and a member of the Connecti:ut Nurserymen's Asso- 

 ciation, Chairman of the Board of Trustees in the First Congre- 

 gational Church of New Canaan and a member of the Board of 

 Deacons at the time of his death, and otherwise actively interested 

 in the town in which he lived. He was President of the First Na- 

 tional Bank of New Canaan, and had large property interests. He 

 is survived by his brother James, a widow, three daughters, and 

 one son. The funeral was held at his residence and was largely 

 attended by people from diliferent parts of the State and from New 

 York, as well as by his neighbors and friends. The sad and sa- 

 cred duty of bearing the remains to the grave was performed by 

 his foreman, Edward Kelley, and his brothers, Frank, James and 

 Harry Kelley, all assistant foremen in the nursery for many years. 



So ends the career on this earth of one of our best known 

 Christian business men." 



