The name of Ver-vaene is connected with so many well-known flowers under cultivation that the following note, which we find in a New York paper, will be interesting to many readers :

"One of the most interesting visitors to Hoosick Falls this summer was Fred. Vervaene, superintendent of the greenhouses and grounds of the Messrs. Burden, of Troy. Mr. Vervaene was propagator in the exotic department of the government gardens at Van Houte, Belgium, thirty-five years ago, and shortly afterwards came to this country on a botanical expedition, exploring Mexico and Central America. Like many other eminent Europeans, he found a more extensive and congenial field for his talents here, and never returned to his native country. Selecting New England to commence operations, he found in Nathaniel Wheeler, of sewing-machine note, a faithful friend and employer, whose elegant grounds at Bridgeport, directed by Mr. Vervaene, soon became the envy of gardeners and many distinguished visitors - among the latter the late Horace Greeley and President Grant. As the pioneer of rose growing, he attracted universal attention, and the method of his early success is still practiced by many of our rose-growing establishments. He was subsequently engaged in the commercial florists' business at Bridgeport, where for twelve years he carried on one of the largest establishments in the country.

In his present situation he directs all departments of his profession, plain and scientific, and flowers annually upwards of five thousand roses, and produces fruits and flowers at all seasons."