July 1, 1901.] THE TROPICAL AGRICULTURIST. 33 
TO ALL PARTS OF ASIA, AFRICA, AMERICA AND OCEANIA. 
8e6il8& Plants of Oommercial Products. 
Hevea Brasiliensis.— Orders being booked for the coming crop, August-September delivery 
1901 : booking necessary before the end of April ; quantities of 100,000 and over at special low rates 
Plants available all the year round. 100,000 and over at special low rates. A leading Kubber planter in 
Sumatra, who purchased 50,000 seeds in 1899, and 100,000 in 1900, writes us, under date loth iSioveuiber, 
1900: — " I received your letter of 20th October, from wbiah I learn that you added auother case of 5,000* 
seeds to replace the toss, &c. I am satisfied hereby, and even after this adding 1 am satisfied by the whole 
delivery of tliis year." . , 
Castilloa Elastica. — True superior variety cultivated iu Mexico, seeds from specially reserved 
old untapped trees. Orders booked for August-September delivery, 1901, booking necessary before the 
end of March ; large quantities on special terms ; Plants in Wardian cases. 
Manihot Qiaziovii. — Seeds and Plants available all the year round, 100,000 and over at 
special low rates. A Aiexican planter, in sending an order for this seed, wrote on the 22ud August, 1900:— 
" If they arrive fresh and germinate easily I may send you larger orders, as they are for high ground 
where the Gastilloa does not thrive." 
Kickxia Elastica.— (i^im^M)/ija ^toiica).— Seeds and Plants, orders booked. (Lagos rubber.) 
Ficus Elastica.— Seeds available in May-June ; booking necessary before the end of March ; 
also plants. 
Urceola Esculenta and U. Elastica.— Same as above. (Burma rubber.) 
Parameria Qlanduiifera. — Orders booked for seeds for January-February delivery ; also plants; 
immediate booking necessary. (A good rubber creeper of Malacca.) 
Landoiphia Kirkii.— Seeds in July- August, early booking necessary. Plants can be supplied 
all the year round. (A highly-recommended species.) 
Chonemorpha Macrophy 11a.— Seeds and Plants ; orders booked. (A very valuable rubber- 
yielding creeper.) 
Memus ops Qlobosa and Payena Leerii.— Seeds and plants in July-August, booking 
necessary before April. 
Acbras Sapota, Willughbeia Firma, W. Edulis and other Rubber and Gutta Percha 
yielding Trees and Ureepers, Seeds and Plants. 
Cinnamomum Zeylanicum (Cinnamon superior variety). New crop of seed in April to June, 
booking necessary before the end of February ; also plants. 
Coffea Arabica, Liberian Hybrid and Maragogips Hybrid.— New crop March-April; 
immediate booking necessary. 
Cinchona Ledgeriana. — S6eds now ready, also other varieties. " 
Seeds and Plants of Nutmeg, Glove, Sandalwood (white and red), Pepper, Cardamom, 
Vanilla, Cacao, Tea, Coca, Fibre, Medicinal and Fruit Trees, Shade and Timber Trees, Eucalyptus 
various varieties, also Palms, Bulbs, Orchids, &c. 
Ouv enlarged Descriptive Price List of Tropical Seeds and Planes of Commercial Products of 
Foreign countries tor 1901-1902, now being prept^red, and will be ready in a few months. 
" South Africa." — The great auDhority on South African affairs of 25th March, 1899, says : 
" An interesting Catalogue reaches us from the East. It is issued by William Bkothers, Tropical 
Seed Merchants, of Heuaratgoda, Ceylon, aad schedules all the useful and beautiful plants which will 
thrive in tropical and semi-tropical regions. We fancy Messrs. Williams should do good ousiuess, for now 
that the great Powers have grabbed all the waste places of the earth, they muse turn bo and prove that 
they were worth the grabbling. We recommend the great Powers and Concessionaries under them to go 
to William Brothers." 
Price List of Seeds and Plants for Ceylon use, post free, on application. 
Our new Descriptive Price Lists of Seeds of Shade Trees tor Coffee, Cacao, Tea, Cardamoms &c. . 
Timber Trees, Tress for Avenues, Hedges, Wind and Shelter Belts, Ornamental Trees, Shrubs and 
Climbing Plants ; and Seeds and Plants of Palms, Calamus, Pandanus, Cycads, Tree and other Ferns. 
Crotons, Orchids, Bulbs, Dracasnas, now being prepared, and will be ready shortly. 
Special Arrangements made with foreign Governments, Botanical and Agricultural Depart- 
ments, Planters and others for supplying seeds and plants of Commercial Products in large quaatities. 
• Agents in London -.—Messrs. P. W. WOOLLEY & Co., 90, Lower Thames Street. 
Agent in Columbo, Ceylon :— 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, Ceyl on. 
5 
