Sept. 2, 1901.] THE TROPICAL AGRICULTURIST. 179 
TO ALL PARTS OF ASIA, AFRICA, AMEEICiL AND OGSINIA. 
Hevea BrasiSsensis.— Onlers being booked for the coming crop, Angnsfc-Septemher ilelivery 
19.1 : booking necessary before the end of April ; quantities of 100,OuO and over at special low rates. 
Hiixir s ;iv;iilaCle all the year round. 100, COO and over at special low rates. A leading Knbber planter ia 
Suiiifttr.-i. wlio purchased 50,000 seeds ia 1899, and 100,000 in 1900, writes ns, utider date IStli November^ 
190):_" I received your letter of 23tb October, from whish I iearn tliat you added another case of 5,000 
seeds to replace the loss, &c. I am satisfied hereby, and even after this addin g- I am satisfied by the whole 
delivery of Ibis year." 
Castiiioa Eiastica.— True superior variety cultivated in Mexico, seeds from specially reserve* 
old untapped tree^. Orders booke:l for Auctust-September delivery, 1901, booking necessary before th* 
end of Miieb : lar^'e quantities on special terms ; Plants in Wardian cases. 
Maiiihot Qiaziovii — Secis and Plants available all the year round, 100,000 and over afi 
spe<nal 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 groun* 
where t he (Jastilloadoes not thrive." 
Kickxia E,\sistica. — {Fioifiinv'a Elastic,n).—S<}eds and F\;\.nts, orders booked. (Lagos rubber.)i 
FIcus Blastica.— Seeds available in May-June ; booking necessary before the end of March; 
also pl.ints. 
Urceola Esculenta and U, F.lastica.— ^ame as above. (Burma rubber.) 
Parameria QIanduIifera. — Orders hf.oktd for seeds for January-February delivery ; also plants; 
immediare bookins necessary. (A good rubber creeper of Malacca.) 
Landolphia Kirkii. — Syeds in July- August, early booking necessary. Plants can be supplied 
all the year round. (A highly-recommended species.) 
Cfaonemorpha Macrophylia.— Sseiis and Plants ; orders booked. (A very valuable rubber- 
yielding creeper.) 
Memusops Globosa and Payena Leerii. —Seeds and plants in July-Angast, booking 
Becessary bfforeApril. 
Achras Sapoca, Wsilughijesa Firma, W. EduHs and other Rubber and Gutta Percha 
jieiding Trees and (Jrcepers, Seeds and Plants. 
Cinnamomum Zeyianicinn vCinnanion superior variety). New crop of seed in April to June, 
bookiog necessary before th ' t-ntl of February ; also plants. 
Coffea Arabica, Lsberian Hybrid and Maragogipe Hybrid.— New crop March-April ; 
immediate booking Iiece^;sary. 
Cinchona Ledgeriaita. — Seeds now ready, also other varieties. 
Seeds and Plants of Nutmeg, Clove, Sandalwood (white and red). Pepper, Cardamona, 
Vanilla, Cacao, Tea, Coca, Fibre, Medicinal and Fruit Trees, Shade and Timber Trees, Eucalyptus 
various varieties, also Palms, Bulbs, Orchids, *c. 
Guv enUiged 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. 
" South Africa." — The great authority on South African afitairs of 2oth March, 1899, saya: — 
" An i'.ter&sting Catalogue reaches us from the East. It is issued by William BROTHERS, Tropical 
Seed Merchants, of Heiiaratgoda, Ceylon, and schedules ail the useful and beautiful plants which will 
thrive in tropical and semi-tropical regions. VVe fancy Messrs. Williams should do good business, for now 
'that the great Powers have grabbed all the waste places of the earth, they must turn to and prove thab 
they were worth the grabbling. We recommend the great Powers and Concessionaries under them to go 
10 William Brothers." 
Price List of Seeds and Plants for Chylon use, post free, on application. 
Our new Descriptive Price Lists of Seeds of Shade Ti ees for Cofi'ee, Cacao, Tea, Cardamoms &c., 
Timfcer Trees, Trees for Avena«s. Hedges, Wind and Shelter Belts, Ornamental Trees, Shrubs and 
Clinfoing Plants; and Seeds and Plants of Palms, Calamus, Pandanus, Cycads, Tree and other Ferns. 
Crotons, Orchids, Bulbs, Dracaenas, now being ptepareil, and will be ready shortly. 
Special Arrangements m .de with foreign Governments, Botanical and Agricultural Depart- 
ments, Planters and others for supplying seeds and plants of Commercial Products in large quantities. 
Agents in Lrnidon :— Messrs. P. W. WOOLLEY & Co., 90, Lower Thames Street. 
Agent in Colombo, Ceylon :— E. B. CREASY, Esq. 
Telegmphic Address: J. p. WILLIAM & BROTHERS, 
William, Vkyangoda, Ceylon. Troj?ical Seed Merchanh, 
Lieber'g, A.I. and A.B.C. Codes us«3, Henaratgoda, Ceylon. 
