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THE NATIONAL NURSERYMAN 
ly hardy north to Thila(leli)hia, and with care further 
noilh. ( '(tUlcdfjtd piirjuircd is also in gardens but 
])roi)i'ol)al)ly nioi'e tender. 
Idle rest of the genus ai-e lai-gely snb-tro])ieal East 
Indian, ( hinese, lajianese or West Indian. 
Idle (dnglialese chew the leaves of one species with 
Idetel-niit. 
ddiere are lint few hardy slirulis for the mid-Atlan¬ 
tic Stall's in the groii]) to whii'li these plants belong, 
ddiey sh.onhl lie gi'own together for they reipiire sim¬ 
ilar care as to ])rotection, etc. ddiey are mainly 1'/- 
Ic.v-Aijdds cdsliis in variety of color; (Icrodcndvod tri- 
(■hdhdiiiini, (\ fodiddiii: (diriiopfvri.s )ddsfdcdiitlni.s and 
var. (‘diidiiliiHi. Sdirid (h'Cfif/i is a Rio Grande plant re¬ 
cently brought to notice. 
SUNNYFIELD NURSERY COMPANY. 
The receiver for the Simnytield Nursery Company, 
of Poughkeepsie, New York, has declared a dividend ol 
114 ])er cenl. on the claims against that Company. This 
being the tirst and final dividend. 
The reei'iver has mailed the cheeks to the creditors. 
Mr. Clell Harrison, Marshall, Missouri, is shirting a 
nursery at that place. Mr. Harrison has hereloloro lieen 
a growi'r and dealer in fancy fruits but is now branching 
out into the nursery Imsiness. 
Articles of ineor|)oration have been filed by the Cher¬ 
okee Nursery Co., of Cherokee, Ky., ith a capital stock 
of-^50,000. The incorporators are Edward Wilder, 
Charles E. Could and Charles P. O’Rrien. 
Holland American Nursery Co., incor])orated; cap¬ 
ital. .$10,000 ; incorporators, David C. C. Sepp and J.P. 
Metzgi'r, East Orange; .lohn Hay, Newark. 
held in Chicago this year under the auspices of th'e above 
organizations. Those in attendance included Win. A. 
Peterson, of the Peterson Nursery; Carl Cro])]), of Vaug¬ 
han’s Seed Store; Arnold Ringier, of the W. W. Rarnard 
Co., Thomas WAR is and M. Darker. The Art Institute 
was selected for the exhibition, which will be held June 
12-13, this date being suliject to change as w eather con¬ 
ditions affect the local crop of jieony flowers, making it 
earlier or later. Many exjierts w ill show' their choicest 
novelties and standard sorts in their best form at the 
coming exhibition,, which from all advance information 
obtainable will be the largest and most comjilete of its 
kind ever held in this or any other country. The most 
successful growers of jieonies will tell about their meth¬ 
ods in meetings to be held in eonnection with the exhibi¬ 
tion. 
C. W. Johnson, 2226 Fairfax avenue, Morgan Park, 
Ill., was a])pointed manager of the exhibition, and all in- 
(juiries referring to premium list, prizes, etc., should be 
addressed to him. 
M. Darker, Sec’y Pro Tern. 
CONVENTION HEADQUARTERS 
iMhvard P. Wilder, Charles E. Gould and Charles P. 
O’Rrien have filed articles of incorporation for the Cher¬ 
okee Nursery Company, Louisville, Ky. The cajiital 
stock is .$50,000. Each of the aliove mentioned men 
hold thr('(' shai'cs at $50 each. 
ANOTHER SUGGESTION OF SURJECT FOR DISCUS¬ 
SION AT THE CONVENTION 
‘•The cost of selling as api)lied to the w holesale bus¬ 
iness and dii'ecl retail trade.” 
THE AMERICAN PEONY SHOWb 
Rejnesenlatives of the American Peony Society, 
Horlieulinral Socii'fy of Chicago and the Chicago Flor¬ 
ists’ Club lu'hl a mei'ting at the Hoti'l Sherman, Chicago. 
May 1 L to complete' airangi'inents for the great annual 
eNliibition of the American Peony Society, w hich w ill be 
THE YEW TREE. 
We notice in “Forest Notes” there is a considerable 
amount of Yew' in California and makers of bow^s are 
seeking material there for archery sets. This brings to 
mind a little English history connected with the Yew. 
W hen they used bow s and arrows in England we believe 
somew here about the time of Alfred the Great there was a 
law reijuiring every yeoman to jilant a Yew' tree in his 
garden w here the cattle could not reach it. They need¬ 
ed the wood for the manufacture of their bow^s and the 
Yew' could not be growm where there were cattle as it is 
very poisonous to them. Travelers in England will see 
magnificeid, sjiecimens dating back jierhajis a thousand 
years. Usually they are to be found in enclosed court 
yards of castles. These old trees are doubtless the re¬ 
mains of this law and the use of the bow and arrow be¬ 
fore the discovery of gun pow der. 
