hlY 1, 1902.] ^THE TBOPICAL AaRIOULTtTRtst 57 
TO THE PLANTING WORLD. 
H^Vea B!T.sj!ie£is!s.— Ordars being hooked for (lie coming crop August-September delivery 
19fi?, bd'okini; necos?;ary bofore tho end of April, quantitios of 100,000 and o\:er_at special low rates. Plants 
ovailafele all tlie.j-Q^r rtmnd, 100,000 and over at special low rates. A loading Eubber planter in Sumatra, 
x^'ba |>uvchased 60,000 soeds in 1^9!)., nnd ] 00,00 ) in mOO, writes us, under date 1.5tli November, 1900 :— " I 
voeoivcd-yeuv letter of 20ib October, from wbicli I lonrn that you added another case of 5,000 seeds to replace 
the loss, &c. I am satiisflpd hereby, and oven after this addiijg I am satisfied by the whole delivery of this 
year." Special "offer, post free on application. 
Castillda Ciaslica, — True superior variety cultivated in Mexico, seeds from specially reserved 
pia untappo'd tredss. Ordors backed for AuguBt-Septeujber delivery 1902, imaaiediato hooking necessary ; 
large quantities on specitvl terms; Plgnts in Wardion cases. 
A foreigu firm of rift.ntors writes under date 1-1 tli October, 1901 :— " Wo beg to enquire whether you 
Tvouia procure us I'ort.OOO Ca,stiUoa ses'ds, in \\hi-<ih. monih we might expect them, and -what would be the 
average j>rice." Special offer, post free on appIfc«.tiou. 
iW«nihot Glsziovii.— Seeds and Plants available all the j'ear round, 100,000 and over at special 
'low rates. A Mexican plsutcf in sending an order for thi's. seed wrote on the 'J'2nd August, 1900 :— " If they 
arrive.fresh aad ^germinate easily I may send j-ou' larger orders, as they arc for high ground where the 
Castilloa'does npt'^thrive-." 
FiCHs Elas-tica.— Seeds available in Slay-June; booking necessary before the end of March ; 
also plan^>s. 
Mimusops Giobosa (Balata) wooS of the tree i&much sought for buildings, fruits sweet like a plum 
RfiS- eaten, oil from seeds, said to yi<!!a as much as 45 IKs. o£ dry rubber per tree per annum, the milk is 
drank and whoa dilutc^l \5'ith water used al'cow's milk, grow from sca level up to/2,000 feet, orders being 
booked for sseds end plants, price on appUoation. 
Cinnjsinomuin Zeylan-Jcum (Giuiiamon superior varieitij).— New crop of seed in April to June; 
booking n-ecsssaTy before the end of Fe'bVuary ; also piants. 
Caffee Arsbica, LiJ?erlan Hybrid a-nd Mar-agog-opie Hybrid.— New crop March.- April ; 
immediate booking necessary. 
A foreign Agricultural Department writes dating 9th September, 1901 : — "Please accept our order 
for 175 lbs. of Tea. seed and for 2,00!) Oofice boaus. In regard to Coffee seed I' would say that this will be the 
first imporfcaticffi made by this d-cnurtmcufc, and- we wili leave the selecicion of the varieties to be sent t'j 
your judgment." 
OUR DSSCKIPTiyE FRIGS LISTS. 
The following six Descriptive Price Lists are noy^; being forv/arded with Circulars and special ofiet 
of Seeds and Plants of Rubber avnl otiier Economic Products : — 
1. Tropical Sofd;; aad Piants of Gommercial Products, enlarged edition for 1902. 
2. Seeds and Plants of Sliado, Timbsr, Wind-Belts, Fuel, and Ornamental Trees, Trees for Roads- 
sides, Parks, Open Spaces, Pasture Lands, Avearaes; Hodges, and for planting among crops (Tea, Coffee 
Cacao, Cardamoms, &c.) 
3. Seeds asd Plants of Tropical Fruit Trees including Mango grafts. 
4-. Bulbs, Tubers and Yam:;. 
5. Orchids — Ceylon a]:d Indian. 
G. Seeds and Piants of Palms, Calamus, Pandanus, Cycads, Tree and other PernSj Crotons, 
Hoses, Draoinas, Shrubs and Creepers. 
Sp«cSaJ Arrar.gemesiis raade v/ltli fbreign Gov(srnmonts, Botanical and Agricultural Depart- 
ments, Planters aud others for supplying seeds. and plants of Commercial Products in large quantities. 
"Sooth Ajteica." — The great authority on South African affairs of 2-5th March, 1899, says: — 
" An interesting Catalogue reaches us from the East. It is issued by William Bbothers, Tropical Seed 
Merchaiits of Henaratgoda, Ceylon, and schedules all the useful and beanitiful plants which will thrive in 
tropical aud semi-tropical regions. \Ve fancy I\tessrs. Williams should do good business, for now that the 
great Powers have grixbbod ^11 the waste places of the earth, tli&y must turn to and prove that they were 
Worth the fjrabblmg. We recommend the great Powers and Concessionaries under them to go to WiUiam 
Brothers." 
Agents in London :— Messrs. P, W. WOO-LLEY & Co., 90, Lower Thames Street. 
Jyeht in Colombo, Ceylon;— E. B. CREASY, Esq. 
J gent in British Central Africa: — ^T. H. LLOYD, Esq., Bliintyrc, 
Tclegra/hic Address: J. P WILLIAM & BROTHERS, 
Wir.LlAJl, riENARATGODA, Ceylon. Tropical Seed Merchant?, 
Liber's, A L and A.B.C. 'Codes used. Henaratgoda, Ceylon. 
