April 1, 1902,] THE TKOPlCAL AGRICULTURIST. 69^ 
TO THE PLANTING WORLD. 
Hevea BraslIjeftsSs.— Orclers being booked for the coming ci-cp August-September delivery 
!9r<2, Ijefbkinf necessaiy before the end of April, quantities of 100,000 and over at special low rates. Plants 
lavaiisAile all the year naund, JCtt.OOO and over at special low rates. A leading Rubber planter in Sumatra, 
Wba irarchssed 50,000 seeds in 3S!)!>, and 100,000 in 1900, writes us, under date 15th November, 19U0 :— " I 
feftfeived yoOT letlasr o'l 2fith October, from which I learn that you added another ca.se of 5,000 seeds to replace 
the loss, &c. I am sstisfisd hereby, and even sfter this adding I am satisfied by the whole delivery of this 
yeaT." Special offer, post fras on Rpplication. 
CastiTtoa lilastica. — ^True superior variety cultivated in Mexico, seeds from specially reserved 
old cmtapped trees. OpIots booVed for August -September delivery 1902, immediate booking necessary; 
large gtiantitiffi on special terms ; Plants in Wardian cases. 
A foreign firm oi Planters vnitcs nnde* date 11th October, 1901 :— " We beg to enquire whether you 
wouia procure us 10>),000 Oastilloa seeds, in which m.onth we might expect them, and what would be the 
average price." Special offer, post free on application. 
Alanlhot GSaziovii.— Seeds and Plants available all the year round, 100,000 and over at special 
low rates. A Matican plante* in sending an order for this sesd wrote on the 2-2nd August, 1900 :— " If they 
arrive fresh and germinate easUj* I may send you larger orders, as they are for high ground where the 
Castilloa does not thrive." 
Ficus Elastics. — Seeds available in May-June ; booking necessary before the end of March ; 
also plants. 
Mimusops Giobosa (Balata) wood of the treeis muchtsonght for buildings, fruits sweet like a plum 
and eaten, oil from seeds, said to yield as much as 45 lbs. of dry rubber per tree per annum, the milk is 
drank and whan diluted with water used as cow s milk, grov/ from sea level up to 2,000 feet, orders being 
berated for sescds and plants, price on application. 
Cinnamomam Zeylsuicum (Cinnamon superior variety). —New crop of seed in April to June; 
booking itecsssary before the end of Februarj- ; also plants. 
Coffee Arabics, Liberisji Hybrid and Maragogopie Hybrid.— New crop March-April ; 
immediate booking necessary. 
A foreign AgricuKnral Department writes dating 9fch September, 1901 :— "Please accept our order 
for 175 lbs. of Tea seed and for 2,000 Gofiee beans. In regard to CoHee seed I would say that this will be the 
first importation made by this depari-ioent, and we will leave the selection of the varieties to be sent to 
yonr judgment." 
OUR DESCraPTIVE PRICE LISTS. 
The following six Descriptive Price Lists are now being forwarded with Circulars and special offei 
of Seeds and Plants of Rubter asxl other Economic Products :— 
1. Tropical Seeds and Plants of Commercial Products, enlarged edition for 1902. 
2. Seeds and Plants of Shads, Timber, Wind-Belts, Fuel, and Ornamental Trees, Trees forRoads* 
sides. Parks, Open Spaces, Pasture Lands, Avenues, Hedges, and for planting among crops (Tea, Cofiee 
Cacao, Card.amoms, &e.) 
3. Seeds and Plants of Tropical Fruit Trees including Mango grafts. 
4. Bulbs, Tubers and Yams. 
5. Orchids — Ceylon and Indian. 
C. Seeds and Plants of Palms, Calamus, Pandanus, (jvaads, Tree and other Ferns, Crotons, 
Boses, Dracina-s, Shrubs and Creepers. 
Special Arrangemessis pjade with foreign Governments, Botanical and Agricultural Depart^ 
ments, Piantcrs and others for supplying seeds and planis o£ Commercial Products in large quantities. 
"South Afbica." — The great authority on South African affairs of 25th March, 1899, says 
" An interesting Catalogue reaches us from the East. It is issued by William Beothebs, Tropical Seed 
Merchants of Henaratgoda, Ceylon, and schedules all the useful and beautiful plants which will thrive in 
tropical 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, they must turn to and prove that they were 
worth the grabbling. We recommend the great Powers and Concessionaries under them to go to William 
Brothers." 
Agents in London :— Messrs. P. W. WOOLLEY & Co., 90, Lower Thames Street. 
Ageut in Colombo, Ceylon.— E. B. CREASY, Esq. 
Agent in British Central Africa: — T. H. LLOYD, Esq., Blantyre. 
TelegmjAic Address: J. P WILLIAM & BROTHERS, 
William, Henaratgoda, Ceylon. Tropical Seed Merchants^ 
Liber's, A.I. and A.B.C. Codes used. Henaratgoda, Ceylo n. 
