May, I J 900.] THE TROPICAI^;^ AGRICULTURIST. M 
TO ALL PASTS OF ASIA, AFRICA, ABIESICA AMD OCEANIA. 
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Castilloa ESastica Cervantes. — Orders being booked for tlis 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 Augue:>, 1899 Please send me 200 seeds of Castilloa Elastica for further trial ;, 
the seeds of Castilloa you sent me last -August germinated very TTell.'' Price and particulars in our Oirculafi 
.No. 32; special quotations for large orders according to quantity; immediate booking necessary to avoiq 
disappointment. 
Hybridised Maragogipe Coffee. — A larged-beaned superior variety of Coffee in demand ; orders] 
booked lor the coming crop of seeds, February and March delivery. Fricc according to quantity on' 
: spplicati^. 
Heyea BrasiSieissis (Para Rubber). — Orders being booked for the coming crop available iaj 
Angast and September, 1900. This is the only crop of seedf in '!he year. All" orders should reach us before^ 
tbo ead of J-oly to avoid disappointment, as we have to malre arrangements in time; guaranteed tc^ 
• arrive in ^bod order at destination. \Ya have already booked a . large number of orders. A SumatraJ 
Plairter wtites, dating 9th March, 1899: — "I consent to the price of £ per thousand. I herewith! 
order 50,(K)d opon condition that you • guarantee at least '33 % seeds germinatkig." Plants can bel 
'forwarded dll the year round in Wardiau cases. Price and particulars as per our Circular No. 30. A^ 
Borneo' plaiiter writes dating, Sandakaii, 17th August, 1899: — ''The last lot of Para seeds turned 'OUtj 
very well.* 
Ficus E last Jca.( Assam, and Java Bubbev.)— Seeds supplied by the pound, with instructions ,j 
price according to quantity. This tree grows equally well in high and low land, in forest and' grassj 
land, its cultivation Ijcinj; cstendod largely by the Indian Government. J'or price of seeds with particulars! 
as per our Circular No. S3. 
Masifhot Q!azlC"Vi3 (Ceara or Manicoba Rubber).— Fresh seeds available all the year round ^ 
price as per our Circular JTo. 3L. It is superior to f-.:iangabcira rubber and second to Para rubber. 
LfrceoEffl EscaisRta (Burma; Rubber) and L^iviolpMa KSrkia (Mozambique Kubber),—Seed^ 
and plants, both are creep crs. 
CIncfsOJsa SesAs. — DifJeront varieties. 
StercssIia.AcUfHlHaEa.— (Solanut). Superior quality, sesdc! and plants; price on application,] 
.packed to stand the trainsit well for several months, & hardy tree, cultivation easy. 
Erythrina Lstiiosperfaa. — Thomle.<<3 variety, new crops of soe'ds ready in Decsmbor, May an^ 
Junft Price according to quantity on application. 
' Seeds afid Plants of Cinnamon, Nutmes?', Clove, Sandlcv/ood, Fepperi, Cardamom, Vanilla^ 
Arabian. Libsrian and Maragogipe Colioc, i'^acao, Te-.r, Coca, Fibre, Ivredicinai and Fruit Trees^ Shade! 
and Timber Trees, Eucalyptus various 'fari&ties, also pahns, Bulbs, Orchids, Cv:c, 
" SOGTH ■AS'iiCA,"~l^TiO gfc^^ Eouth African affairs of "2f;fch March, 1899, says :~] 
" An interesting Catsiofgac reaches us froia ilia Es,st. It is isstied b}' 'William Brotiiers, TropiMi? 
Seed Merchsints, of IJoiiafatgoda, Ceylon, and schoaurcs all the useful and beautiful plants whioiii 
.wiil thrive in tropical and semi-tropicfil regio?!,!!, Wc f-ancy Messrs. 'Willianls should do goc^ 
business, for now that the great Powers have grabbed, all the waste places of the earth, they mu;S<?| 
turn to atid prove that they were «>orth the grabbing. We rfeoonimcnd the great Powers and 
Concessionaries under them to go to V/iiiiam ilr&thers." 
A leadiiig Planter writes from. Inew Hebrides under date 17ih Januraiiy, 1899:— "I shall Hkaaj 
fow more of your Catalogues to distribute tlirough these Isla.nds, as I foei' .sure many vrould placd 
themselves in eornmunication with you, did thoy 'know whore to write for Seeds and Plants." 
Our New Descriptive Price Lists of Sec;'.? of Jehads Trees for Coffc;;, Cncn.o, Tea, Cardamoms, &e.,. 
Timber Trees, Trees for Avenues, Hedges Wicd a?Kl Shelter Belts, Ornamental Trees, Shrubs and Climh" 
ing P,laats ; and Seeds and Plants of Palms, Calamus, Pand.anus, Cycads, Tree and other Fern's, ' CrofeeBS] 
and Draoinaa, now being prepared and will b'o ready shortly, ' 
Agents in London '.—Mmssw, P, W. WOOLLEY & Co., 33, Basinghall Stroftt. 
Ag/iniia'CQlmbo, Ceylon;— E. K CU^AS>Y, Esq. 
TelerjrapJnc Address ! J. p. WILLIAM & BROTHERS, 
William, VKYAHCfODA, CEYEON. Tropical Seed Merchants, 
Liebei's, A,I, anU A,B.C. „Oodf8.;U«idt HknaeatgopAj Ceylo^^,, 
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