May 1, 190f.] 
THE TROPICAL AGRICULTURIST. 
749 
TO THE PLANTING WORLD 
Seeds & Plants of Commercial Products. 
Hevea Bra*Uk!«Sis.— Order* being booked for the coming crop Au^st-September delivery 
batkiixg aecem^rf treforo the end of Ajpril, qnwititios of 100,000 ond over at epecial low rates. Plants 
n%'*HM)l« *U the par rwnid, 100,000 and orer at special low rates. A loading Rnhbcr planter in Sumatra, 
nho p^rohwsfed 80,000 secdB Jn 1889, »nd 100,000 in 1900, writes us, under date 15th November, 19U0 ;— " I 
i-eoeiTfeia yoTir leUov of 20th Octobor, from which I learn th«t you a-ddod another ca,se of 5,000 seeds to replace 
the loiss, *c. I wn satisfied hereby, *»d even ftfltsv this adding I am satisfied by the whole delivery of this 
yeiir." Special offer, pout fre« on appUefttion. 
CastillOfl BlscOca. — True eapwior v^riety cultivated in Mexico, seeds from specially reserved 
old untapped trees. Otdors boolrod fo» Aa^ist-Soptember delivery 1902, immediate booking necessary ; 
large quantities on apooifcl terms ; PImW in Wordian cases. 
A forei^ Ann ot Plantors •wri%e& undor date llth October, 1901 :— " Wo beg to enquire whether you 
would procore^os 100,000 Oftstillo* eoeds, in which month we might expect thorn, and what would be the 
average price." Spooial offer, post free on ftppUcation. 
Afanihot Qiaziovii.— Seeds and Plants available all the year round, 100,000 and over at special 
low rates. A Mexican pl*ntof in sending an order for this seed wrote on the '22nd August, 1900 :— " If they 
».rrire feeah and g^rmiiftte ©aaDy I m^J send you larger orders, as they are for high ground where the 
Caatilloa, dow not thrive." 
Ficn* Elastica. — Seeds available in May-June ; booking necessary before the end of March ; 
also plants. 
Miniusops Qlobosa (Balata) wood of tlie tree is much sought for buildings, fruits sweet like a plum 
and eaten, oil from seeds, said to yield as mnoh »s 45 lbs. of dry rubber per tree per annum, the milk is 
drank «nd when dilated with water used a« eow's milk, grow from sea level up to 2,000 feet, orders being 
bo^ed for cacds and plants, price on applioation. 
CiBsamomuin Zeylanicam (CinBamon superior variety).— New crop of seed in April to June ; 
booking &6e««Bary before the end of Pebraary ; also plants. 
Coffee Arabica, Libf rian Hybrid and Maracogople Hybrid.— New crop March-April ; 
imiMdiate booking necessary. 
A foreign Agricultural Department writes dating 9th September, 1901 :— "Please accept our order 
foe 175 lbs. of T€>a seed and for 2,000 Coffee beans. In regard to Coffee seed I would say that this will be the 
fin* importation made by this dep»rtmcnt, and we will leave the selection of the varieties to bo sent ta 
your judgment." 
The fallowing six Dcscriptivn Priee Lists are now being forwarded with Circulare and special offer 
of Seeds and Plants of Rubljer and otlier Economic Products : — 
1. Tropical Seeds and Plftnts of Commercial Product*, enlarged edition for 1902. 
2. Seeds and Plants of Shade, Timber, Wind-Belis, Fuel, and Ornamental Trees, Trees forRoadg- 
sidcs. Parks, Open Spacos, Pa-rtnrc Lands, Avenues, Hedges, and for planting among crops (Tea, Coffee 
Cacao, Cardamoms, <!^.) 
3. Seeds and Plants of Tropical Fruit Trees induding Mango grafts. 
4. Bulbs, Tubers and Yams. 
5. Orchids — Ceylon and Indian, 
6. Seeds and Plants of Palms, Calamus, Pandanus, Cycads, Tree and otter Ferns, CrotoBS, 
Boses, Draednsis, Shrubs and Creepers. 
Special Arrangements rnxde with foreign Governments, Botanical and Agricultural Depart- 
ments, Planters and others for supolving seeds and pianos of Commercial Products in large quantities. 
"Sooth Apbica." — 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 Beothkrs, Tropical Seed 
MerohftntB of Hen«ratgoda, Ceylon, and schedules all the useful and beautiful plants which will thrive ia 
tropical and semi-trc^cal regions. We fancy M*ssrs. Williams should do good businees, for now that the 
great Powers have grabbed all the waste places of the earth, they must tarn to and prove that thoy were 
worth the grabbling. We recommend the great Powers and Concessionariea under them to go to William 
Brothers." 
Agents in London : — ^Messrs. P. W. WOOLLEY tfe Co., 90, Lower Thames Street. 
Agent in Colombo, Ceylon: — E. B, CREASY, Es-q. 
Agent in British Central Africa: — T. H. LLOYD, Esq., Blantyre. 
OUR DESORIPTIVE PRICE LISTS. 
Telegraphic Address : 
William, Hbnaratgoda, Ceylon. 
.liiber's, A,L and A3fC, Codes used, 
J. P WILLIAM & BROTHERS, 
Tropical Seed Merchanti, 
HbNAUATGODA, ClSYLON. 
