Junk 1, 190:i| THE TROPICA!. AGRICULTUELST. 
TO THE PLANTING WORLD. 
853 
SeedsSPIantsof Commercial Ppodocts. 
Hevea Brasiliensis.— Orders being booked for the coming crop Augnst-Septembor delivery 
1903, booking necessary before the end of April, qnantities of 100,000 and over at special low rales. Plants 
available all the year round, 100,0i>0 and over at special low rates. A leading Rubber planter in Sumatra, 
who purchased .)l),0(>) seeds in 1890, and 100,000 in 1900, writes us, under date 1.1th November, 1900 :— '• I 
receiveil your letter of 20th October, from which 1 learn that you added anothc-; 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." .Special oiler, post free on application. 
Castiiloa Elastica- — True superior variety cultivated in Mexico, seeds from specially reserved 
old untapped trees. Orders booked for October-November delivery 1903, immediate booking necossary ; 
large quantities on special terms ; Plants in Wardian cases. 
A foreign firm of Planters writes under date 11th October, 1901 : — " We beg to enquire whether you 
would procure us 100,000 Castiiloa seeds, in which month we might expect them, and what would bo the 
average price." Special oiler, post free on application. 
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 groimd w-hero the 
Castiiloa. does not thrive." 
Ficus Elastica. — Seeds available in May -June ; booking necessary before the end of March; 
also plants. 
Mimusops Qlobosa (Balata) wood of the tree is much sought for buildings, fruits sweet like a plum 
and eaten, oil from seeds, said to yield as much as 45 lbs. of dry rubber per tree per annum, the milk is 
drunk and when diluted with water used as cow's milk, grow from-sea-level up to 2,000 feet, orders being 
booked for seeds and plants, price on application. 
Cinnamomum Zeylanicum (Cumamon superior variety). —New crop of seed in April to June ; 
biioking necessary before the end of February, also plants. 
Coffee Arabica-Liberian Hybrid. — A highly recommended leaf-disease resisting hardy new 
variety of (Coffee (cross between Arabian and Liberian). New crop March-April ;'immediate booking necessary. 
A foreign Agricultural Department writes dating 9th Scptem,t)er, 1901". — "Please accept our order 
for 175 lbs. of Tea seed and for 2,000 Coffee beans. In regard to Coffee seed I would say that this will be the 
first importation made by this department, and we will leave the selection of the varieties to be sent to 
your judgment." 
OUR DESCRIPTIVE PRICE LISTS. 
The following six Descriptive I'rice Lists are now being forwarded with Circulars and special offer 
of Seeds and Plants of Uubber and other Economic Products : — 
1. Tropical Seeds and Plants of Commeroial Products, enlarged edition for 1902-1903. 
2. Seeds and Plants of Shade, Timber, Wind-Belts, Fuel and Ornamental Trees, Trees for Road- 
sides, P.u-ks, Open Spaces, Pasture Lands, Avenues, Hedges, and for planting among crops (Tea, Coffee, 
Cacao, Cardamoms, &c.) 
3. Seeds and Plants of Tropical Fruit Trees including Iilango grafts. 
4. Bulbs, Tubers and Yams. 
5. Orchids — Ceylon and Indian. 
6. Seeds and Plants of Palms, Calamus, Pandanus, Cycads, Tree and other Pern?!, Crotous, 
Roses, Dracinas, Shrubs and Creepers. -v-is^ 
Special Arrangements made with foreign Governments, Botanical and Agricultural [Depart- 
U'lents, Planters and others for supplying seeds and plants of Commercial Products in larger quantities. 
" South Africa.."— The great authority on South African affairs of 25th ^March, 1899, sa\-s : — 
" An interesting Catalogue reaches us from the East. It is issued by William Brothers, Tropical" Seed 
Merchants of Henaratgoda, Ceylon, and schedules all the useful and beautiful plants which will thrive in 
tropical and seiri-tropical regions. We fancy ^Messrs. Williams should do good business, for now that the 
groat Powers have grabbed all the waste places of the earth, they must turn to and prove that they were 
worth the grabbing. We recommend the great Powers and Concessionaries under them to go to William 
Brothers.'' 
Agents in London .-—Messes. P. W. WOOLLEY & Co., 90, Lower Thames Street. 
Agent in Colombo, Cei/lon ;— E. B. CREASY, Esq. 
Agpnt in Briiixh Ccvfral Africa. -—I. H. LLOYD, Ef^q., BUintyre. 
TcUgraphir AMrm.- J, p. WILLIAM & BROTHERS. 
WiLLi.^M, Hen.\r.\tgod.\, Ceylon. .Tropical Seed Merchants, 
Liber's, A.I. and A. B.C. Codes used. ' HEX.\n.\TCrOr)A, Cetlov 
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