and nancy is your particular case where she is picking up on a debt that was owed yarrow, and this is much later. you might want to -- >> well, the niece was nancy hillman, and there's an interesting story about her because she was a free woman. i think he actually freed herself. >> this was all before the civil war, so we're clear of the time frame. >> so when yarrow died in 1823, he had a loan out to a man, and the man quit paying. and eventually, the property that -- property was secured, and eventually they foreclosed on the land that the loan was good on. and nancy went into court, and she said, wait a minute, i have first right toss that. well -- rights to that. well, there was a complication in d.c. law, and that is african-americans -- in fact, no black whether free or slave was allowed to testify. and so she somehow or other had to win a lawsuit without testifying. and she won. i -- had a good lawyer, and she won. but the claim was levied against her. it prohibited her -- [inaudible] and the federal judge said no. the law doesn't go that far. african-americans are entitled to

his name was yarrow mamout. he and his sister were sold on board the slave ship ally should in the river in annapolis on june 4, 1752. his portrait on the cover is painted by charles nelson peeled the portrait painter who did seven lives of george washington and interestingly enough charles wilson peel was a little boy living in annapolis the day the slave ship came in and he met, a few of them met 60 or 70 years later when this picture was taken. this picture was yarrow mamout as an older man living in georgetown. the next generation was jarl's knees. she was one of the first african-americans to win a lawsuit in washington d.c.. also in that generation was jarl's son and his daughter-in-law mary turner. mary turner when she got married to his son her name was mary turner subeleven and these people here today are related to her. she was the midwife there in western maryland. the third-generation of the family included mary's nephew simon turner. he was born a slave near yarrow and joined the army and the civil

. >> yellow yarrow, delphinia, larkspur, stock, and dianthus pepper the landscape, and eventually make their way to bouquets around the world. >> once in a while i have tours here. we walk them through everything from bare ground to seed to the production growing to all the equipment that we use. and they're kind of amazed what it takes to grow all this stuff. it's a lot of countless hours and a lot of work. it's a lot of hard work. >> a day in the life of a flower arrangement means going from the farm to the mart to the florist, a process that starts around midnight. >> and there's a lot of space out there. the streets are quiet. and in here there's just a lot of movement--the flowers and different things and deliveries. having a cup of coffee, talking about what they want for the next market day. and that's--that's what it's all about. >> hundreds of vendors supply the san francisco flower mart with flowers in every make, model, shape, and size. but this place had much simpler beginnings. in the late 1800s, local flower growers pould pedal their goods at lotta's fountain where market