As the West builds up it will become more and more an interesting historical question, who were the earliest nurserymen in the several sections, and we are always glad to place on record all the facts in connection with this subject. We are indebted to a corre-pondent for the following account of an excellent pioneer in this good work at Tipton, Mo.:

"Thedeath of Mr. Geo. Rosenham, a gardener, nurseryman and.florist, occured on the 19th of April at his home in Tipton, Mo. Mr. Rosenham has been a reader of the Gardeners' Monthly for several years. He was born in Prussia, January 6th, 1824. From there he came to this country in 1849, and settled down in Fort Smith, Arkansas, where he lived till 1865, and then came to Missouri, settled in Tipton, and commenced business as gardener, nurseryman, and florist, which he followed with great pride to the day of his death. Mr. Geo. Rosenham was well known throughout Missouri as an upright, honorable man. His death was regarded as a public loss to Tipton, for the whole community seemed to have turned out at the funeral to do honor to his remains".