Auci. I, 1901.] THE TROPICAL AGRICULTURIST. 113 
TO ALL PARTS OF ASIA, AFRICA, AMERICA AND OCEANIA, 
Hevea BrasiHensis.— Onlers being booked for the coming crop, Augnst-September delivery 
1901 : bouki'.ifj; neces^^ary bekue llie end oi April ; qua.ntiti«s of lOO.OdO and over at special low i&tes, 
Pianis .ivailahie all ibe year round. 100,000 and over at sjjccial low rates. A leading Rubber planter io 
Sumatra, wlio pujoliaseil 50,000 see<l9 in 1899, and 100,000 in 1900, writes us, under date 15tli November, 
1900:—" I receiveil your letter of 20tli Octol»er, from wliiKh I ietirn that you added another case of 5,000 
seeds to rftpiacethe b'sd, &c. I am satisfied hereby, and even after this adding; I am satisfied by the whole 
delivery of this year." 
Castilioa Elastica. — True .'superior variety cultivated in Mexico, seeds from specially reserved 
old unt-ai>ped trees. Orier.s bookeJ for Auatust-Supteniher delivery, 1901, booking necessary before th* 
end of Mireli ; larL'e quantiries on spi-cial terms ; Plants in Wardian cases. 
Manihot Qlaziovii —See s and Plants available all the year round, 100,000 and over all 
special low rates. A Mexican planter, in sending an order for this seed, wrote on the 22nd August, 1900:— 
" If they arrive fresh and germinate easily I may send you larger orders, as they are for high grotto# 
where the Castilioa does not thrive." 
Kickxia Elastica. —(/^Mnii««iia .K^rtsitca).— Seeds and Plants, orders booked. (Lagos rubber.^ 
Ficus Elastica. -Seeds available in May-June ; booking necessary before the eud of March; 
also pl3;nt^>. 
Urceola Esciilenta and U. Elastica.— Same as above. (Burma rubber.) 
Parameria GlanduJifera.— Order>^ iiooked for seeds for January-February delivery ; also plants; 
immediate booking tiece.«s«iy. (A good rubber creeper of Malacca.) 
Landoiphia KirkJi. — Seeds in July August, early booking necessary. Plants can be supplied 
all the year round. ( A liisitdy-reconiniended species. ) 
Chonemorpha Macs-ophylla.— Seeds and Plants ; orders booked. (A very valuable rubber- 
yielding creeper.) 
Memusops dlobosa and Payena Leerii.— Seeds and plants in Jaly-Augasi<, booking 
necessary IwforeApril . 
Achras Sapoca, Wiiiughbeia Firnia, W. EduUs and other Rubber and Gutta Percha 
yielding Trees and Creepers, Seeds and Plants. 
Cianamomum Zeylanicum vOinnamon superior variety). New crop of seed in April to Jane, 
boekiog necessary before the end of Febiuary ; al.so plants. 
Coffea Arabica, Liberian Hybrid and Maragoglpe Hybrid.— New crop March-April ; 
immediate booking necc'^sary. 
Cinchona Ledgeriana.— Seeds now ready, also other varieties. 
Seeds and Plants of Nutmeg, Clove, Sandalwood (white and red), Pepper, Cardamom, 
Vanilla, Cacao, Tea, Coca, Fibre, Medicinal and Fruit Tree.-;, Shade and Timber Trees, Eucalyptos 
various vjvrieties, also Palms, Bulbs Orchids, *c. 
Our entaiged Descriptive Price List of Tropical Seeds and Plants of Commercial Products of 
Foreign countries for 1901-1902, now being prepared, and will be ready in a few months. 
" SoaTH Africa." — The great authority on South African affairs of 25tli March, 1899, says:— 
" An in teresting Catalogue reaches us from the East. It is issued by WlLLlAM BROTHERS, Tropical 
Seed M .-rehanfcs, of Henaratgoda, Ceylon, and schedules all the useful and beautiful plants which will 
thrive in tfTopieal and semi- tropical regions. We fancy Messrs. Williams should do good business, for now 
that the great Powers have grabbed all the waste places of the earth, tliey must turn to and prove that 
they were worth the gr^ibbling. 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 for Collee, 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 P.ilms, Calamus, Pandanus, Cycads, Tree and other Ferns. 
Crotons, Orchids, Bulbs, Dracaenas, now being prepared, and will be ready s>hortly, 
Special Arrangements made with foreign Governments, Botanical and Agricultural Depart, 
ments, Planters and others for supplying seedn and plants of Commercial Products in large quantities. 
Agents in London :— Messrs, P. W. WOOLLEY" &, Co., 90, Lower Thames Street. 
Agent in Colombo, Ceylon :— E. B. CREASY, Esq. 
Telegraphic Address: J. p. WILLIAM & BROTHERS, 
William, Vkyangoda, Ceylon, Tropical Seed Merchants, 
Lieber'«, A.I. and A.B.C. Codes luad, Henaratsoda, Ceylon, 
