TO PLANTERS AHD OTHERS- 
Heyea Brasiliensis (Pura Eubber)^ — Seeds and Plants supplied, immediate delivery, 
((uanLity limited, good ai iival guaranteed, packed to stand 4 to 6 months' transit well, five 
hundred plants in each Wardian case. 
Out of a supply of Paia Rubber seed collected in July, 1897, and preserved by us, a 
quantity was forwarded to Hammond Island in December of the same year, and the gentle- 
man who ordered the seeds in ordering a further supply wrote us on the 30th April, 1898 : — 
" All the seeds done well, and now some of the plants from them are 18 inches high." This 
seed was put in nursery eight months after gathering. 
A Mercantile firm who ordered 30,000 Para Rubber plants in 60 Wardian cases, 500 
])lants in each, wrote 5th April, 1898 : — "I note that you accept delivery of 60 cases. We 
shall probably require further supply of seeds and plants." 
For pricr, instructions and particulars, see our Circular No. 30, post free on application. 
Manihot GlazioYii (Ceara Rubber). — Fresh seeds available all the year round for 
shipment at any time, guaranteed to stand good 8 to 12 months. 
For price, instructions and particulars, see our Circiilar No. 31, post free on application. 
Castilloa Elastica (Panama or Central American Rubber). — Seeds and Plants supplied 
See our Circular N'o. 33 for price, instructions and particulars, post free on application. 
Urceola Esculenta (Burma Rubber).— A creeper Seed and Plants. 
Landolphia Kirkii (African Rubber).— A creeper Seed and Plants. 
Seeds and Plants of Cinnamon, Nutmeg, Clove, Kolanut and different varieties of 
Coflee, Cacao, Tea, Coca, Fibre, Medicinal and Fruit trees, Shade and Timber trees, also Palms, 
Bulbs and Orchids, &c. 
Professor MacOwan writes ; — 
Departmknt of Agriculture, 
Mkssrs. William Bros. Cape Town, 27th July, 1898. 
Gentlemen,— I liave this nioinin<r received j'our letter of 21st Jane covering parcel of Catalogues. 
It will give me pleasure to fullil your wishes in leganl to their distribution among likely putciiasersT 
You will be glad to learn that we have very good reports of the success of the senii-tropiccil tilings 
sent by you to the little Eastern Coast-strip of this Colony, particularly aljout the mouth of the BalfaTo 
Kiini at E:ist Loudon. Pine Apples are now grown there far superior to the stull' sent half ripe by sea 
from Natal. 
Always yours faithfully, 
(Signed) P. MacOWAN, 
Government Botanist 
Oar enlarged Descriptive Price List of Tropical Seeds and Plants of Commercial 
Products for 1899-1900 now in the press, post free on application. 
A(jent6 ill London :— Messrs. P. W. WOOLLFA' <k Co., 33, Basingball Streetj 
Agent in Colombo, Ceylon : — E. P. CREASY, Escj. 
Tcltyniphic Address : J, \\ WILLIAM & BROTHERS, 
William, VKYAxrioDA, Ceylox. Tro^dcal Seed Merchants, 
A.I. and A.B.C. Codes used. HKNAnATc;oPA, Ckvlon 
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