Jan. 1. 1901] THE TROPICAL AG :iICULTURIST. ^85 
TO ALL PARTS OF ASIA, AFRICA, AMERICA AND OCEANIA. 
Hevea Brasiiiesisis. — Orders being booked for the coming crop Augnsfc-September delivery 
19D1, bookinj; nect'3s;iry before tlie end of Aju-il, quantities of 100,000 and over at special low rates. 
IManis available ail ilio year round, 100,009 and over at special lovv' rates. A leading Rubber planter ia 
Sumatra, who pu chased 50,00 J seeds in 1899, and 109,000 in 1900, writes us, under date 15th Novembe, 
1900 :— " I ncived your letter of 20i!i October, from wliisli I leirn that you added another case of 5,000 
seeds to replace tlie b^ss, &e. I am satished hereby, and even after tins adding I am satisfied by the whole 
delivery of ibis year." 
Castlllo.i Eiastica. — True superior variety cultivated in Mexico, seeds from specially reserved 
old untajiped tiees. Orders booUeil for August-September delivery 1901, booking necessary before tlie 
end of March ; i.i.r,^e !|uantities on special terms ; Plants in Waruian cases. 
Manshot Giaziovii —See Is nnd Plants available all the year round, 100,009 and over at 
speci.il !()v,' rate--. A iMe.xioan p anter in sending an order for this seed wrote on the 22nd August, 1900: 
" If they ariive fresh a.id germinate easily I may send you larger orders, as they are for high ground 
where the Castilloa does not ihrive." 
Kickxia ElasticH.—{ Fimtum'a Eiastica).— Seeds and Plants, orders booked. (Lagos rubber.) 
Ficus Eiastlcao- Seeds available in May-June; booking necessaiy before the end of March ; 
also plants. 
Urciola Esctslenta and U. EJastica.— Same as above. {Burma rubber.) 
Parameria QianduUfera. -Orders b&oked for seeds for January-February delivery ; also plants, 
i umediate booking siecessary. (A good rubber creeper of Malacca.) 
LandoSphia Kirkii.— Seeds in July- August, early booking necessary. Plants can be supplied 
all the year ron!,d. (A highly recommended species.) 
Chonemorpha Macrophylla,-— Seeds and Plants ; orders booked. (A very valuable rubber- 
yielding cree[)tr.) 
Memu-sops Qlobosa and Payena Leeril.— Seeds and plants in July-August, booking 
necessary before April. 
Achras Sapota, Willughbeia Firma, W. EduHs and other Rubber and Qutta Percha 
yielding I'rees and Grcopeis, Seeds and Plants. 
Cinnamomuni Zeylanicum (Cinnamon superior vaiiety). New crop of seed in April to June ; 
booking necessaiy bi;;ore the end of Febiuarj' ; also plants. 
Coffee Arabica, Liberian Hybrid and Maragogople Hybrid. —New crop March-April; 
immediate bookin^^ necessary. 
Cinchona Ledgeriana»— Seeds now ready, also other varieties. 
Seeds and Plants of Nutmeg, Clove, Sandlewood (white and red), Pepper, Cardamom 
Vanilla, Cacao, Tea, Coca, Fibre. Medicinal aiid Fruit Trees, Shade and Timber Trees, Eucalyptus 
various varieties, also Palms, Bulbs Orchids, Ac. 
Oar e!ihi.) ged Descriptive Price List of Tropical Seeds and Planes of Commercial Products for 
Foreign countries for 1901-1902, now being prepared, and v.'ill be ready in a few months. 
" Sou th Africa." — The great authorily on South African affairs of 25th March, 1S99. says : 
" An interesting Catalogue reaches u\ from the Fast. It is is->ued by WiLLiAM Brothers, Tropical 
Seed Merchant--, of Heiiaratgoda, Ceylon, ai»d schedules all the useful and beautiful plants whicli will 
thrive in tropic.il ami senii-ti-o[>ic vl regions. Wa fancy Messrs. Williams should do good business, for now 
that the great Powers have Luabbi^d all the waste places of the earth, they must turn to anil prove that 
they were wortSi the gr ibb'in^'. We recommend the great Powers and Concessionaries under them togo 
to William Brolliers" 
Price List of Seeds and Plants for Ceylo.V use poat f ree on application: 
Our new Desciptive Price List--; of Seeds of Shade Trees for Coffee, Cacao, Tea, Cardamoms, &c., 
Timber Trees, Trees for Avenues. Hedges, Wind and Shelter Belts, Ornamental Trees, Shrubs and 
Clinibiiii; Plant-; and Seeds and Piai;ts of Palms, Calamus, Paudanus Cycads, Tree and other Ferns, 
Orotons, O.c'iid-, Bulbs, Dracinas, no-v beiii;: preparci' and will be ready shortly. 
Special Arrangements m de with foreign Govemmeuts, Botanical and Agricultural Depart- 
ments, Planters and otb-irs for supplying seeds ,-i'id p' lacs of Commercial Products in large quantities, 
/ige.its in. London :— Messrs. P. W. WOOLLEF & Co., 90, Lower Thames Street. 
Agent in Columho, Ceylon :— E. B. CREASY, Esq. 
'J ekgraphio Address: J, p. WILLIAM & BROTHERS, 
William, Vkyangoda, Ckylon. Troj)ical Seed Merchants, 
Lieber's, A.L and A. B.C. Codes used. Henaratgoda, Ceylon. 
