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THE TROPICAL AaHICULTUEIST. 
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TO ALL PASTS OF ASIA, AFRICA, AMERICA AND OCEANIA. 
lievea BrasaHensis.— Oidem being booked for the coming crop, Angusfc-Sepfcembev delivery 
1901 : bookini^ necessary before thiiemi of April ; qnantities of 100,000 and over ab special low rate*. 
Plants .iv\i'ia.'b!e ai! tbe year romxi. 100.000 and over at special low rates. A leading liubber planter in 
!«umatra, m,-5-io purchased 50,000 seeds in 1899, and 100,000 in 1900, writes us, under dale loCh November,, 
;1900: — " I received your letter of 20i.li Otjtobor, from wliiish I ieani that you added another case of 5,000 
hseeds to replace the loss, &c. I am satisfied hereby, and even after this adiliii;< I am satisfied by the whole 
s delivery of this year." 
Castilloa Elastsca.— True .superior variety cultivated in Mexico, seeds from specially reserved! 
i-old aafeappetl trees. Orders bookel for Auorust-Septeniber delivery, 1901, bookinc; necessary before the 
r«aii^f March ; larjre quantities on special terms ; Plants in Wardian cases. 
Manihot Qsaz5ovii — Soe'as and Plants available all the year round, 100,000 and over afi 
japecml low rates. A Mexican planter, in sendiof,' an order for this seed, wrote on the 22nd August, 1900: — 
f** If they arrive fresh and germinate easily I may send you larger orders, as they are for high ground^ 
i where the (Jastitloa does not thrive." 
Kickxsa ElasUca.~{Funtumia Elaxfica). --Seeds and F\a.nts, orders booked. (Lagos rubber.) 
Ficlis Elastkca.— Seeds available in May-June ; boolting necessaiy before the eud of March ; 
also plants. 
Urceola Escwienta and U. Elastica.— Same as above. (Burma rubber.) 
Psrameria QlasiduSifera.— Orders booked for seeds for January-February delivery ; also plants; 
iiaunediate booking necessary. (A good rubber creeper of Malacca.) 
LasidoJpiaia Kirkii. — Seeds in July-August, early booking necessary. Plants can be supplied 
/all the year round. (A hisfhly-recominended species.) 
Cisoneaioa'piia Macrophy Ha.— Seeds and Plants ; orders booked. {A very valuable rubber- 
;yieldiQg creeper-.) 
Memusops Oiobosa and Payena Leerii.— Seeds and plants in July- August, booking 
necessary beforeAi>ril . 
Achras Sapota, Wilkighbesa Fgrma, W. Editlis and other Rubber and Gutta Percha 
[yieldiog Trees and Creepers, Seeds and Plants. 
Ciiinamomusii Zeyianicum (Giuuamon superior variety). New crop of seed in April to June, 
'booking necessary before the end of February ; also plants. 
Coffea Arabica, Liberian Hybrid and Maragogipe Hybrid.— New crop March-April ; 
immediate booking necessary. 
Casachoiiia Ledgeriana. — Seeds now ready, also other varieties. 
Seeds and Piaiats of Nutmeg, Clove, Sandalwood (white and red), Pepper, Cardamom, 
'Vanilla, Cacao, Tea, Coca, Fibre, Medicinal and Fruib Trees, Shade and Timber Trees, Eucalyptus 
▼arious varieties, also Palms, Bulbs, Orchids, iS-c. 
Onv enlarged Descriptive Price List of Tropical Seeds and Plants of Commercial Products of 
lyoreigH eoanbries for 1901-1902, now being prepared, and will be ready in a few months. 
" SODTH Africa." — The great authority on South African .afiiiirs of 25th Marcii, 1899. says : — 
" An interesting Catalogue reaches us from the East. It is issued by William Brothers, Tropical 
;Seed Merchants, of Heuaralgoda, Ceylon, and schedules all the useful and beautiful plants which will 
ithriveintropical-andsemi-tropical regioas. We fancy Messrs. Williams should do good business, for now 
!-^at the great Powers have srabbed all the waste places of the earth, they must turn to and prove that 
they ■were"\vorth the grabbling. We recommend the great Powers and Concessionaries under them to go 
to William Brother-s," 
Price List of Seeds and Plants for Ceylon use, pnstfree, on application. 
Our new Descriptive Price Lists of Seeds of Shade Ti ees for Coffee, Cacao, Tea, Cardamoms «S;c., 
Timber Trees, Trees for Avenue.?. Hedges, Wind and Shelter Belts, Ornamental Trees, Shrubs and 
Climbiag Plants ; and Seeds and Plants of Palms, Calamus, Pandanus, Cycads, Tree and other Ferns. 
:CcotOBS, Orchids, Bulbs, Dracainas, now being piepared, and will be ready shortly. 
Special Arrangemessts made with foreign Governraeats, Botanical and Agricultural Depart- 
ments, Planters and others for supplying seed.^ aud planvs of Commerciai Pioduets in large quantities. 
Agents in London : — Messrs. P. W. WOOLLEY & Co., 90, Lower Tiia;nrii Street. 
Agent in Columho, Ceylon :— E. B. CiiEASY, Esq. 
Telegraphic Address: ' J. p. WILLIAM & BiiOTHERS, 
William, Veyangoda, Ceylon. 'fronical Seed HUrchanls, 
Lieber's, A.I. and A, B.C. Codes uri?d- Hen.4Ratgo»a, Ceylon. 
