Jan. 1, 1900.] THE TROPICAL AGRICULTURIST. 
TO ALL PARTS OF ASIA, AFRICA, AMERICA AND OCEANIA. 
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8d8& Plants of Comiiiercial Pro 
CastiSloa Elastica Cervantes.— Orders being booked for the coming crop of seeds'availablo ii» 
March and April, selected seed from very old trees. K. N. Lyne, Esq., Director of Agriculture, Zanzibar, 
writes under date '24rth August, 1899: — "Please send me 2(30 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 quotations for large orders according to quantity ; imniediate booking necessary to avoifll 
disappointment. 
Hybridised Maragogipe Coffee. — A larged-beaned superior variety of Coffee in demand ; orders) 
booked for the coming crop of seeds, February and March delivery. Price according to quantity oa 
' application. 
Hevea Brasilsensis (Para Rubber). — 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 good order at destination. We have already booked a large number of orders. A Sumatral 
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." Plafits can ba 
forwarded aU the year round in Wardian cases. Price and particulars as per our Circular No. 30. A, 
Borneo planter writes dating, iSandakan, 17th August, 1899: — "The last lot of Para seeds turned out 
very well." 
Picas Elastica (Assam and Java Rubber.)— Seeds supplied by the pound with instructions ;| 
price according to quantity, 'i'his tree grows equally well in high and low land, in forest and grasa 
land, its cultivation being extended largely by the Indian Government. For price of seeds with particulars' 
as per our Circular No. 33. 
Manihot Glaziovii (Ceara or Manicoba Rubber).— Fresh seeds available all the year rounds 
price as per our Circular No. 31. It is superior to Mangabeira rubber and second to Para rubber. 
Urceola Escu!esi£a (Burma Rubber) and L^rK!o8phia Kirkii (Mozambique Rubber).— Seeds! 
and plants, both are creepers. 
Cincfiona Seeds- — DiSerent varieties. 
Sterculsa Acumisiata.— (Kolanut). Superior quality, seeds and plants; price- on application,] 
packed to stand the transit well for several months, a hardy tree, cultivation easy. 
Erythrina Lithasperiitia.- 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, Sandlewood, Pepper, Cardamom, Vr,.nilla„ 
Arabian, Liberian and Maragogipe Coffee, (Jacao, Tea, Coca, Fibre, Medicinal, and Fruit Trees-- Shada 
and Timber Trees, Eucalyptus various varietiea, also Palms, Bulbs,^ Orchids, &c. 
Oar enlarged Descriptive Price List oi Tropical Seeds and Plants of Commercial Products fo» 
Foreign Countries for 1899-1900 are now haiv^ forwarded to applicants in different parts of the^ worldj 
Also De8-.-;riTttivc Price Listc of Seeds ;i:!d i-i..;;;;;; or Fruit Trf^es. j:;iU).',.., luDorLi ajiC Yams, and Orchids. 
"South Africa."— The great aufchorifcy on South African affairs. of "^SSth March, 1899, says:— j 
An interesting Catalogue reaches us irom the East. It is issued by William Brothers, Tropical/ 
Seed Merchants, of Heiiaratgods, Ceylon, and schedules all the useful and beautiful plants whicl* 
■will thrive in tropical and semi-tropical rcgiona. We fancy Me.'3srs. Williams should do gooti 
business, for now that the gruat Powers have grabbed all the waste places of the earth, they muafc" 
turn to and prove that they were vrorth the grabbing. We recommend the great Powers and" 
Concessionaries under them to go to Wiiiiam Brothers." 
V leading Planter writes from iVVw Hebrides widen date 17th January, 1899:— "I shall like* 
few more of your Catalogues to distribute through these Islands, as I feel sure many Vi'ouid placai 
themselves in conummication with you, did thoy know where to write for Seeds and Plants." 
Our New Descriptive Price l^ists of Seeds of Shads Trees for Cofiee, Cacao, Tea, Cardamoms, &c.,i 
Timber Trees, Trees for Avenues, Hodges Wind ai d Shelter Belts, . Ornamental Trees, Shrubs and Climb- 
ing? P.lants ; and Seeds and Plants of Palms, Calamus, Pandanus, Cycads, Tree and other Ferns, Croton» 
aud Dracinas, now being prepared and will be ready shortly. . ' 
J (jenli in London:— Messrs. P, W. WOOLLEY & Co., 33, BasinghaTI Street. 
Agent in Colombo, Ceylon: — E. B. CREASY, Esq. 
Tek'!;mpJdc Address : J. p. WILLIAM & BROTHERS, 
William, Vkyangoda, Cbyloit. Tropical Seed Merchants, 
Lieirei 's, A I, and A.B.O. 0>des ueed. HenakatgodAj CEVLOif, 
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