Nov. 1, 1900,] THE TROPICAL AGRICULTURIST. 337 
TO ALL PARTS OF ASIA, AFRICA, AMERICA AND OCEANIA. 
CastiHoa Elastica Cervantes.' — Orders being; booked for-the coming crop of seeds available in 
June and Julv, selected seed from very old: trees. K.N. Lyne, Esq., Director of Agriculture, Zanzibar, 
writes nuder date 24th August, 1899 : — "Please send me 200 seeds of Castilloa Elastica for further trial; 
the seeds of Ca'stilioa you sent me last August germinatedlvery well." Price-and particulars in our Circular 
No. 32; special quotations for large orders> according tO' quantity ; immediate booking necessary to avoid 
disappointment. „ ■■ , . . ., , , . 
Kevea BrasUiensis (Para P>.ubber)i. — Orders ibemg booked for the commg crop available m 
Au-^ust and September, 1900. This is the only crop o£ seeds in the year. All orders should reach 
us before the end of July to avoid disappointment, as we hiave to make arrangements in time ; guaranteed 
to arrive in i-ood order at destination. We have already booked a large number of orders. A leading 
Sumatra Planter, who ordered 50,000'Hevea Brasiliensis seeds last. year writes under date 27th February, 
1900: " I received your favor of the 12th instant, out. of : which I:learn that you booked me for 100,000 
Heve'a Brasiliensis seeds for August and September on the'-same conditions as before, but at the price of 
per thousand." Plants can be forwarded all the year round in Wardian cases. Price and particulars as per 
our Circular No. 30. A Borneo planter writes dating, Sandakan, 17th August, 1899:— "The last lot of 
Para seeds turned out very well." Our shipments of Para. plants last year has exceeded over 800,000 to 
different countries. Special terms for large-'orders om application. 
Kickxia Africaiia (Lagos Eubber); — One. of i the. staple articles of commerce in Lagos grow very 
vicorously. realizing over 3s. per lb. in the Liverpool market. Seeds audi plants, price on application. 
Haiicornia Speciosa (Mangibeira Rubber).— Besides the value of rubber, it bears deliciouB 
fruits, which is a great favourite with the Brazilians, cultivated for both purposes. Seeds and plants, price 
on application. 
Coffee Arabica Liberian Hybrid, Maragogopie Hybrid, C. Stanophylla and other 
varieties. Price of seeds on application. 
Fici3s Elastica ( Assam and Java Rubber). — Seeds supplied with instructions ; price according to 
quantity. This tree grows equally well in high and low land, in forest and grass land, its caltivation being 
extended largely by the Indian Government. For price of seeds with particulars as per our (JircalarNo. 33. 
Manihot Qlaziovii (Ceara or Manicoba Rubber).— Fresh seeds available all the year round; 
price as per our Circular No, 31. 
Urceola Esculenta (Burma Rubber) and Landolplita Kirkii ^(Mozambique Rubber),— Seeda 
and plants, both are creepers. ' ''>} Jju- 
Cinchona Seeds.— Different varieties. ' , .I f -" , 
StercuJia Acuminata. — (Kolanut). Superior, quality, seeds and plants ; price on application, 
packed to stand the transit well for- several months, a hardy tree, cultivation easy. 
Erytfjrina Lithosperma. — Thornless variety, new crop of seeds ready in December, May and 
June. Price accoording to quantity on application. 
Seeds and Plants of Cinnamon, Nutmeg, : Clove, Sandlewood, Pepper, Cardamom, Vanilla, 
Cacao, Tea, Coca, Fibre, Medicinal and Fruit Trees, Shade and 'Timber Trees, Eucalyptus various varieties, 
also Palms, Bulbs, Orchids, &c. 
Our enlarged Descriptive Price. Listof Tropical ; Seeds and Plants of Commercial Products for 
Foreign Countries for 1899-1900 are Howt-beingviforwarclad to applicants in difierent parts of the world. 
Also Descriptive Price- Lists of Seeds: aiidS-Plantsi of M'uit Trees, Bulbs, Tubers and Yams, and Orchids. 
South Africa'." — Thef greafcauthority on' South- African affairs of 25th March, 1899, says :— 
"An interesting C^atalogue reaches us from the East. It is issued by William Brothers, Tropical 
Seed Merchants, of Keiaaratgoda, Ceylon, and schedu^esjallxthe useful and beautiful plants; which will 
thrive in tropicar and semi-tropicalaregions. We, fancy-Messrs. Williams should; do goodtbusiness, for now 
that the great Po-wers have grabbed altthe'waste-.places-of^.the' earth, they musti turrfisto - and prove that 
they were worth the-grabbling. We.'recommend' thu great Powers-and .Concessionaries'-underi}h)ertt'to go to 
William Brothers." 
Our new DescriptivepPrjce-Listaof Seeds of Shade Trees for Coffee, Cacao, Tea, Cardamoms, &o-. 
Timber Trees, Trees for Avenues, Hedges, Wind and ^jL .ter Belts, Ornamental Trees, Shrubs andClimbiaj; 
Plants; and Seeds and Plants of .Palms, Calamus, Pandanus, Cycads, Tree and other Ferns, Crotons and 
Dracinas, ?iiow being prepared and wi-ll -be ready shortly. 
Special Arrangements made with foreign Governments, Botanical and Agricultaral Depart- 
meats. Planters and others for supplying seeds and plants of Commercial Products in large quantities. 
Agents in London :— Messrs. P. W. WOOLLEY & Co., 90, Lower Thames Street. 
Agent in Colombo, Ceylon :— E. B. CREASY, Esq. 
Telegraphic Address : J. p. WILLIAM BROTHERS, 
WnjiiAM, Veyangoda, Ceylon. Tropical Seed Merchants, 
Lieber's,^A^J.^an^}4.B;P..C^es_used, SM^AlSfflPA. Gev.lqn, 
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