Feb. 1, IDOL] THE TEOPICAL AGRICULTURIST. 
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Hevea Brasiliensis. — Orders being booked for the coming crop August-September delivery 
1901, bookiiiij necessary before tlie end of April, quantities of 100,000 and over at special low rates. 
Plants available all tbe ye ir round. 100,009 a!id over at special iow rates. A leading Kublier planter in 
Sumatra, vvho puicbased 50.000 seeds in 1899, and 10ij,000 in 1900, writes us, under date loth November 
1900: — "I received your letter of 20i:li October, from wliuli I leirn that you added another case of 5,000 
seeds to replace tbe b>ss, &c. I am sati~.4ed hereby, and even after this adding I am satisfied by the whole 
delivei'y of tliis year." 
Castllloa Elastlca. — -Tru"? superior variety cultivated in Mexico, seeds from specially reserved 
old untapped trees. Orders bookel f jr An ;usc-Sei)fcimber delivery 1901, booking necessary before the 
end of M ireh ; large c[iianti(ies on special terms ; Plants in Wardian cases. 
Manihot QJaziovii —Seeds and Plants available all the year round, 100,000 and over at 
^ special low rate;. A jiexican p anter in sending an order for tliis seeil wrote on the 22 . d August, 1900: — 
' " If tl'.ey arri\ e fre sli and germinate easily I may send you larger orders, as they are for high ground 
where ibe (Jastiiloa does not thrive." 
Kickxia E,lastica.—{Fun(iivi)aJilastica). — Seeds and Plants, orders booked. (Lagos rubber.) 
Ficus Eiastica.— Seeds available in May- June ; Ijookiug necessary before the end of March ; 
also jdants. 
Urciola Esctilenta and U. Eiastica.— Same as above. (Burma rubber.) 
Parameria QianduHfera.— Orders booked forseeds for January-February delivery ; also plants^ 
immediate boukini; necessary. (A good rubber creeper of Malacca,) 
Landolphia Kirkii. — Seeds in July August, early booking necessary. Plants can be supplied 
all the year round. (A liiglilj-reconimended species.) 
Clionemorpha Macrophylla.— Seeds and Plants ; orders booked. (A very valuable rubber- 
yielding creeper.) 
Memusops Q!obosa and Payeaa LeeriL —Seeds and plants in July-August, booking 
necessary before April. 
Achras Sapota, WiMughbeia Firma, W, Eduiis and other Rubber and Qutta Perch^ 
yielding I'rees and Oi eepers, Seeds ai d Plants. 
- Cionaniomum Zeylanicum (Cinnamon superior variety). New crop of seed in April to June » 
booking uecussary before the enci ot Febiuary ; also plants. 
Coffee Arabica, Liberian Hybrid and Maragogopie Hybrid.— New crop March-April ; 
immediate booking necesfiary. 
Cinchona Ledgeriana.— Seeds now ready, also other varieties. 
Seeds and Plants of Nutmeg, Clove, Sandalwood (white and red). Pepper, Cardamom, 
. Vanilla, Cacao, lea. Coca, Fibre, Medicinal and Fruit Trees, Shade and Timber Trees, Eucalyptus 
various varieties, also Palms, Bulbs, Orclnds, &c. 
Guv enlarged Descriptive Price List of Tropical Sf=eds and Plants of Commercial Products for 
Foreign countries tor 1901-1902, now being prepared, and will be ready in a few months. 
" SOUTH Africa. "—The great authority ou South African affairs of 25th March, 1899, says :— 
" An intere.-.tu)g Catalogue reaches us from the East. It is issued by William Brothees, Tropical 
Seed Merchants, of Henaratgoda, Ceylon, and schedules all the useful and beautiful plants whicli will 
thrive in tropical and semi-tropical regions. We fancy Messrs. Williams should do good business, for now 
that the great Powers have ttrabbed all the waste places of the earth, they must turn to and prove that 
they were worth the grabbling. We recontmend the great Powers and Conces.sionaries under them togo 
to William Brother.-," 
Price List of Seeds and Plants for Ceylon use post free on application; 
Our new Descriptive Price Lists of Seeds of Shade Trees for Coffee, Cacao, Tea, Cardamoms &c.. 
Timber Trees, Tress for Avenues. Hedges, Wind aiid Shelter Belts, Ornamental Trees Shrubs and 
fCnWmt Plants ; and Seeds and Piai^.ts of Palms, Calamus Pand.uiu., Cycads, Tree and other Perns, 
rrotons^Orchids, Bulbs, Dracinas, now being prepared, and will be ready siiortly. 
" Soecial Arrangements made with foreign Governments, Botanical and Agricultural Depart- 
ments, pTa'^tters a.id othefs for .apply ing seeds and plants of Comm ercial Products in large ciuantities. 
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, 
William, Veyangoda, Ceylon. Trojncal Seed Merchants, 
I^ieber's, A.L and A.B.C. Codes used, HenaratgoDA, Cbylon- 
