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ORCHARD 
CARDEN 
©RCHARD^§ARDEN 
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LITTLE SILVER, N. J., FEB., 1891. 
CONTENTS. 
Bkrry Patch. Timely Reminders 47 
Biographical. T. T. Lyon 50 
Catalogues Received 51 
Clubbing List 49 
Flower Garden. Notes by the Way— Louis Boeh- 
mer Chrysanthemum 44, 45 
Household. March— Housecleaning Hints— Own 
Your Home — A Hall Bedroom— Calves’ Liver- 
Baked Hash— Birthday Cake 54, 55 
Insects. Mealy Bugs— Plant Lice or Aphis on Let- 
tuce and Radishes— The Apple Maggot— Bu- 
hach 45, 46 
Lawn. Ampelopris Veltchli— When to Plant Ever- 
greens 43 
Orchard. Work for the Month— Orchard No- 
tings— Room Enough up High— A Want Sup- 
plied— The True Shiawassee— Mariana Plum 
Stock — Apples — Liquid Grafting Wax — Roll 
Grafting Wax 48, 49 
vfoftable Garden. Hints for March 53, 54 
Vineyard. Notes for the Month— Layer Grape Graft- 
ing-Grafting Wild Giape Vines and Large Na- 
tive Plum Trees 52, 53 
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T. T. Lyon. 
The advanced position taken by the Amer- 
ican Pomological Society in simple and di- 
rect nomenclature of fruits is due to the 
earnest, persistent efforts of the renowned 
president of the Michigan Horticultural 
Society, Mr. T. T. Lyon. It was through a 
timely suggestion of his, that the Mississippi 
Valley Horticultural Society, when at its 
lowest ebb, took on new spirit and became 
a working force for good in our horticultural 
life. The high standing of the Michigan 
Horticultural Society has been attained 
very largely through the fidelity, the skill- 
ful work, and the high reputation of Mr. 
Lyon since he came into its Presidency in 
1876. 
Many important movements that have 
characterized the advancing epochs of Am- 
erican Pomology owe their first inception 
to the genius of President Lyon whose mo- 
desty alone severed his name from the sug- 
gestions that produced valuable steps of 
progress. 
The recent appointment of Mr. Lyon as 
special ambassador from the Department of 
Agriculture to the various horticultural or- 
ganizations of the country, charged with 
the purpose of bringing into closer relation- 
ship and more perfect harmony, the efforts 
of the Department and the movements of 
the societies, not only recognized an im- 
portant work to be done, but a most efficient 
agent for its accomplishment. 
On the 23d of January Mr. Lyon passed 
his seventy-eighth birthday. He is in good 
health and aside from his governmental 
work and meeting the requirements of the 
societies with which he is so prominently 
associated, he is at the head of the South 
Haven branch of the Michigan Experiment 
Station and looks personally after all of the 
details connected therewith. The two bul- 
letins issued from this substation are the 
very best horticultural documents issued 
from any of the stations in our country. 
In all matters of progress connected with 
horticulture Mr. Lyon does not grow old. 
He is among the first to grasp a suggestion 
that will advance the cause in which he is 
engaged, and utilize it; and no young per- 
son who reaches out the hand to him for 
guidance in the open field of horticulture, 
but finds it firmly grasped and the assistance 
sought kindly and wisely given. 
The compositors wffio work upon Mr. 
Lyon’s copy never have any doubts in re- 
gard to the interpretation. Everything is 
perfect; the cliirography is clear, the punct- 
uation distinct, the sentenc as complete and 
there is no ambiguity of expression. It is 
restful to look upon his pages of manu- 
script. 
Mr. Lyon’s contributions to the literature 
of Pomology have been made largely to 
periodicals and volumes issued by State and 
National societies, and, embodied in them, 
are the close observations and ripe experi- 
ences of sixty years very largely devoted to 
this specialty. 
While his reputation has been made in 
Pomology, Mr. Lyon has been a wide read- 
er and deep thinker. He has pronounced 
views upon religious, political and economic 
questions. Even his official positions have 
not been confined to the occupation with 
which he is usually associated, for he has 
beentwice a railroad president, and has held 
positions of trust in county government. 
Since 1874 Mr. Lyon has been a resident of 
South Haven, situated in the southern part 
of what is known as the “Michigan Peach 
Belt.” The famous specimen orchard which 
aided him materially in becoming an expert 
in identifying fruits, was planted at Ply- 
moth, Wayne County, Michigan, where he 
resided from 1844 until his removal to the 
western boundary of the State. In recent 
years his observations have been more large- 
ly with the smaller fruits, and his reputation 
for careful observation and honesty of ex- 
pression have been such, that every aspirant 
for honors as an originator of varieties, has 
sought his testimonial by inviting him to 
test each new sort and pass upon its merits. 
Mr. Lyon has made a valuable contribu- 
tion to the history of Michigan in his “His- 
tory of Michigan Horticulture” an exhaus- 
tive treatise upon the subject gathered with 
infinite pains, and published by the State 
some years since. Although a large edition 
was issued every available copy has been 
picked up. 
Wilder, Downing, Warder, Thomas, Barry, 
and Lyon were intimately associated in the 
progressive steps of the culture of fruits in 
this country. Thomas and Lyon yet remain 
and still labor in their chosen field of use- 
fulness. Mr. Lyon in all these years has 
not acquired a large measure of this world’s 
goods. He has no broad acres of land ; his 
stocks and monied investments are limited, 
for his taste and ambition have not led him 
to the acquisition of property. He has 
larger and, in many senses, better possessions. 
The orchards of Michigan, planted wisely 
under his counsel ; the good taste and fore- 
thought shown about thousands of farm 
houses, through the plantation of protecting 
screens and belts of timber at his suggestion; 
the highway beauty that has been preserved 
by the raising of his warning hand ; the 
