April 2, 1900.] tHE TROPICAL AGRICULTURIST. 
TO ALL PARTS OF ASIA, AFRICA, AMERICA AND OCEANIA. 
Seeds & Plants of Cflmi]] 
Castilloa Elastica Cervantes.— Orders:-being booked for -the coming crop of seeds-available in 
Bfsich and April, selected seed from very old trees, 1^. N. Lyna, Eiq., Director of Agriculture, Zanzibar, 
^writes under date 24tli August, 1899: — " Please; send me SijO feexls of Castilloa Elasiiea for further, trial; 
the seeds of Castilloa you sent me last. Augnstigerminated very well." Price and particulars in our Circular. 
No. 32; special quotations for large orders-saccording'^to - q^uantity ; immediate booking necessary to avoid 
^^appointment , 
Hybridised Maragogipe Cofiee. — -A^rged-beaned superior -variety of Coffee in demand ; orders; 
'iiooked for the coming crop of , seeds, , Eebraaryf and .March delivery. Price according to quantity on 
Hevea Brasit3ensis- .(Para:B.abber), — Ordet-s being - booked -for the coming crop available in; 
'itolgast and September, liXJO. 'I'his is the only crc^ of seeds in the year. All orders should reach ns before, 
'the end of July to avoid disappointment, as yie have to make arrangements in time ; guaranteed t» 
ianiTe in good order at destination. We have already booked a large number of orders. A Sumatra^ 
^SliuibK writes, dating 9th March, 1899 :—" I .consent to the price of £ per thousand. I herewith) 
oideK'50;000 upon condition ■ that you guarantee at least 33 % seeds germinating." Plants can ba 
Ifotwatded all the year round in Wardian cases. . Price and particulars as per our Circular No. 30. A; 
Bomeo planter writes dating, Sandakan, 17feh. August, 1899: — "The last lot of Para seeds turned outj 
▼ery well," 
Ficus Elastica (Assam and Java Rubber.) — Seeds supplied by the pound with instructions;] 
priee according to qnamiity. This tree grows equally well in high and low land, in forest and grassj 
land, its cultivation being extended largely by the Indian Government. For price of seeds vi-ith particulars! 
as per our Circular In'o b1. 
Manihot GSaEiovai (Cearaor Manicoba Rubber). — Fresh seeds available all the year round^j 
price «s -per our Circula No. 31. It is superior to iSi angabeira rubber and second to Para rubber. 
Urceola Escukuta (Burma Rubber) and Ls,;i<ioIpliia Kirkii (Mozambique Ruhber). — Seefli 
jmd plants, both are creepers. 
Cinchona Seeds. — Difierent varieties. 
Sterculia Acumisiata. — (Kolan-ut). Superior quaiity, seeds and plants ; price - on application^ 
jpaeked to stand' the transit well for several months, a hardy tree, cultivation easy. 
Eiytferina Lii;feosperoJa.—Thomle,-<s variety, new crops of secds^ ready in December, May^an^ 
. Jonau , ■ Price according to quantity on application. 
% Seeds and Mants-ol Cianamtvn, Nutnre!?, Clovf, Sandlewood, Pepijer, Cardamom, Vani^ 
Aiafaian, Liberian and Maragogipe Cofiee, I'ao&o, Tea, Co-ca, Fibre. J/cdicinal iisid Fruit Troe&- Shade) 
and Timber Trees, Eucalyptus various ■faristies, also Palms, Bulbs, OiciiidL;, &c. 
Our enlarged Descriptive Price List or Tropie^il :r.oeds &nd Piaut.s of CJommercial Produciis fo* 
Foreign Countri-js for 1S99-19U0 are now beinj; fi>r warded upp-i'-iiits iu different parts of the worlds 
Also Descriptive Pries I-isto of Seeds a.id oi I'lun, Titws, ;B:uLv , luoer;. aud Yams, and Orchids. 
•• SbTiTH ■ AffBaujA." — 5Sis great aatiiority ca • South Afiic.an aSairs of Soth March, 1899, says :— j 
"An intearesting; Catalogue tca*:bfis us from the Sast. It is isi-ued by William Brothers, Tropioap 
Seed Merchants, of f-Jenarat-goda, Ceylon, and schedules all the -asetdi and beautiful plants whtci? 
will Uirive in tropipaf and semi-frropical regions. We fancy Ivie'i-srs. V/iSliams should do goodf 
business, for now that the great Powers have sTaLlu'd all the waste places of the earth, they must^, 
turn to and prov? that • thay were wori.h the grabbing. We recommend the great Povyers and' 
Concessioiiaries uiider them to go to William iJrothers," 
\ leading Planter writ-ej from 2vV.w IIelfriJ.cs widec date 17th January, 1S99 :—" I shall like al 
few more of your Catalogues to distribute through these Islands, as I feel sura many would placaj 
themselves in communication with you, did they know v/hero to write for Seeds and Plants." 
Our New Descriptive Price Lists of S.eeds of Shads Trees for Cofeee, Cacao, Tea, Cardamoms, &c.,i 
Timber Trees, Trees for Avenues, Hedges Wind and Shelter Belts, OmaraGntal Trees, Shrubs and Ciimb-I 
ing l^lants ; and Sieeds and Plants of Palms, Calamus. Fandanus, Cyeads, Tree and other Ferns, Crotona' 
and Dracinas, now being prepared and will be ready shortly. 
Agents in Louden: — Messrs. P, W. WOOLLEx Co., 33, Basinghall Street, 
Agent in Colombo, Ceylon:— E. U. CREASY, Esq. 
TelegrajjUc Address : J. P. WILLIAM & BB,OTHSRS, 
William, Vkvangoda, Ceylon. Tropical Seed Merchants, 
Lieber's, A,I, and A.B.C Codes U8»d. Henakatgod^^, Ceylon, 
85 
