JUNE 1, 1901.] THE TROPICAL AGRICULTURIST. 
TO ALL PARTS OF ASIA, AFRICA, AMERICA AND OCEANIA. 
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SeedsS Plants of Commercial Products. 
Hevea Brasiliensis. — Orders being booked for the coming crop, August-September delivery; 
1901 : booking necessary before the end of April ; quantities of 100,000 and over at special low rates. 
Plants available all the year round. 100,000 and over at special low rates. A leading Rubber planter in 
Sumatra, who purchased 50,000 seeds in 1899, and 100,000 in 1900, writes us, under date 15th November, 
1900: — " I received your letter of 20th October, from which I learn that you added another case of 5,000 
seeds to replace the loss, &c. I am satisfied hereby, and even after this adding I am satisfied by the whole 
delivery of this year." 
Castilioa Elastica.— True superior variety cultivated in Mexico, seeds from specially reserved 
old untapped trees. Orders booke;l for August-September delivery, 1901, booking necessary before the 
end of March ; large quantities on special terms ; Plants in Wardian cases. 
Manihot QIaziovii. — Seeds and Plants available all the year round, 100,000 and over at 
special low rates. A Mexican planter, in sending an order for this seed, wrote on the 22nd August, 1900 : — 
If they arrive fresh and germinate easily I may send you larger orders, as they are for high ground 
where the Castilioa does not thrive." 
Kickxia Elastica.— (i^MH^Mmta -Etosiica).— Seeds and Plants, orders booked. (Lagos rubber.) 
Ficus Elastica.— Seeds available in May-June ; booking necessary before the end of March ; 
also plants. 
Urceola Esculenta and U, Elastica,— Same as above. (Burma rubber.) 
Parameria Qlandulifera. —Orders booked for seeds for January-Februaty delivery ;also plants; 
immediate booking 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 highly-recommended species.) 
Chonemorpha Macrophylla. — Seeds and Plants ; orders booked. (A very valuable rubber- 
yielding creeper.) 
Metnus ops Qlobosa and Payena Leerii. — Seeds and plants in July-August, booking 
necessary before April. 
Achras Sapota, Willughbeia Firma, W. Edulis and other Rubber and Gutta Percha 
yielding Trees and Creepers, Seeds and Plants. 
Cinnamomum Zeylanicum (Cinnamon superior variety). New crop of seed in April to Jane, 
booking necessary before the end of February ; also plants. 
Coffea Arabica, Liberian Hybrid and Maragogipe Hybrid.— New crop Maich-April ; 
immediate booking necessary. 
Cinchona Ledgeriana.— Seeds now ready, also other varieties. 
Seeds and Plants of Nutmeg, Clove, Sandalwood (white and red). Pepper, Cardamom, 
Vanilla, Cacao, Tea, Coca, Fibre, Medicinal and Fruit Trees, Shade and Timber Trees, Eucalyptus 
various varieties, also Palms, Bulbs, Orchids, Ac. 
Our enlarged Descriptive Price List of Tropical Seeds and Plants of Commercial Products of 
ForeigB countries for 1901-1902, now being prepared, and will be ready in a few months. 
" South Africa." — The great authority on South African affairs of 25th March, 1899, says :— 
" An interesting Catalogue reaches us from the East. It is issued by William Brothers, Tropical 
Seed Merchants, of Henaratgoda, Ceylon, asd schedules all the useful and beautiful plants which will 
thrive in tropical and semi-tropical regions. We fancy Messrs. Williams should do good business, for now 
that the great Powers have arabbed all the waste places of the earth, they must turn to and prove that 
they were worth the grabbling. We recommend the great Powers and Concessionaries under them to go 
to William Brothers," 
Price List of Seeds and Plants for Cbylon use, post free, on application. 
Our new Descriptive Price Lists of Seeds of Shade Trees for CofTee, Cacao, Tea, Cardamoms &c. , 
Timber Trees, Trees for Avenues, Hedges, Wind and Shelter Belts, Ornamental Trees, Shrubs and 
Climbing Plants ; and Seeds and Plants of Palms, Calamus, Pandanus, Cycads, Tree and other Ferns, 
Crotons, Orchids, Bulbs, Dracaenas, now being prepared, and will be ready shortly. 
Special Arrangements made with foreign Governments, Botanical and Agricultural Depart- 
ments, 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 & BE OTHERS, 
William, Vbyangoda, Ceylon. Tropical Seed Merchants, 
Lieber's, A.I. and A.B.C. Codes used. Henaratgoda, Ceylon. 
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