Nov. 1, 1899.] THE TROPICAL AGEICULTUEIST. 329 
TO ALL PARTS OF ASIA, AFRICA, AMERICA AND OCEANIA. 
Seeds & Plants of Commercial Products. 
Castilloa Elastica Cervantes. — Orders being booked for the coming crop of seeds available in 
March and April, selected seed from very old trees. K. N. Lyne, Esq., Director of Agriculture, Zanzibar, 
writes under date 24th August, 1899: — "Please send me 200 seeds of Castilloa Elastica for further trial ; 
the seeds of Castilloa you sent me last August germinated very well." Price and particulars in our Circular 
No. 32 ; special q^uotations for large orders according to quantity ; immediate booking necessary to avoid 
disappointment. 
Hybridised Maragogipe Coffee.— A larged-beaned superior variety of Coffee in demand ; orders 
booked for the coming crop of seeds, T'ebruary and March delivery. Price according to quantity on 
application. 
Hevea Brasiliensis (Para Pbubber). — Orders being booked for the coming crop available in 
August and September, 1900. This is the only crop of seeds in the year. All orders should reach us before 
the end of July to avoid disappointment, as we have to make arrangements in time ; guaranteed to 
arrive in gocfd order at destination. We have already booked a large number of orders. A Sumatra 
Planter writes, dating 9th March, 1899 : — " I consent to the price of £ per thousand. I herewith 
order 50,000 upon condition that you guarantee at least 33 % seeds germinating." Plants can be 
forwarded all the year round in Wardian cases. Price and particulars as per our Circular No. 30. A 
Borneo planter writes dating, Sandakan, 17th August, 1899; — "The last lot of Para seeds turned out 
very well," 
Flcus Elastica (Assam and Java Eubber.)— Seeds supplied by the pound with instructions ; 
price according to quantity. This tree grows equally well in high and low land, in forest and grass 
land, its cultivation being extended largely by the Indian Government. For price of seeds with particulars 
as per our Circular No. 33. 
Manihot Qlaziovii (Ceara or Manicoba Rubber). — Fresh seeds available all the year round I 
price as per our Circular No. .31. It is superior to Mangabeira rubber and second to Para rubber. 
Urceoia Escuienta (Burma Rubber) and Landolphia Kirkii (Mozambique Rubber).— Seeds 
and plants, both are creepers. 
Cinchona Seeds. — Different varieties. 
Sterculia Acuminata. — (Kolanut). Superior quality, seeds and plants; price on application, 
packed to stand the transit well for several months, a hardy tree, cultivation easy. 
Erythrina Lithosperma. — Thornless variety, new crops of seeds ready in December, May and 
June. Price according to quantity on application. 
Seeds and Plants of Cinnamon, Nutmeg, Clove, Sandlcwood, Pepper, Cardamom, Vanilla, 
Arabian, Liberian and Maragogipe Coffee, Cacao, Tea, Coca, Fibre,. Medicinal and Fruit Trees, Shade 
and Timber Trees, Eucalyptus various varieties, also Palms, Bulbs, Orchids, &c. 
Our enlarged Descriptive Price List of Tropical Seeds and Plants of Commercial Products for 
Foreign Countries for 1899-1900 are now being forwarded to applicants in different parts of the world. 
Also Descriptive Price Lists of Seeds and Plants of Fruit Trees, Bulbs, Tubers and Yams, and Orchids. 
"South Afbica." — 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, and schedules all the useful and beautiful plants which 
will thrive in tropical and semi-tropical regions. Wo fancy Messrs. Williams should do good 
business, for now that the great 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." 
\ leading Planter writes from New Hebrides under date 17th January, 1899 :— " I shall like a 
few more of your Catalogues to distribute through these Islands, as I feel sure many would place 
themselves in communication with you, did they know where to write for Seeds and Plants." 
Our New Descriptive Price Lists 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 Climb- 
ing Plants ; and Seeds and Plants of Palms, Calamus, Pandanus, Cycads, Tree and other Ferns, Crotons 
and Dracinas, now being prepared and will be ready shortly. 
Agenh in London:— m^s,^^^. P. W. WOOLLEY <fe Co., 33, Basinghall Street. 
Agent in Colombo, Oeylon :— E. B. CREASY, Esq, 
Telegraphic Address : J, p WILLIAM & BROTHERS, 
William, Veyangoda, Ceylon. Tropical Seed Merchants, 
Lieber's, A.I, and A,B.C. Codes used. Henaratgoda, Ceylon, 
