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TO THE PLANTING WORLD. 
.Hevea Brssisiensss.— Orders bdng bookod for the coming crop August-September delivery 
i fP^^^p^" necessary bcfove tbe end of April, quantities of 100,000 and over at sBecial low rates. Plants 
ftttiHafcle m QiG yesr rouiKl, ICO.OOO and ovhv at special low rates. A leading "Rubber planter iij Sumatra, 
xvKd $.-arc3ia:sed S0,000 seeds m 1890, and 100,000 in 190'}, writes us, under date 1.5th November, loyo :— " I 
i-emved j^&iir letter of 2iith October, from wbich 1 lenin that you added another ca.se of 5,000 seeds to replace 
the loss, &c. I &m satisfied horaby, and even after this adding I am satisfied by the whole delivery of this 
yeaT." Special ofior, post fi-DO on application. 
'OastilloA Biastscij. — True superior variety cultivated in Mexico, seeds from specially reserved 
old unla-ppod treo^. Orders booked for' A^^^s^.-Septemb2r delivery 1002, immediate booldng necessary ; 
large quantities on spacial terms; Plants in Wardian cases. 
A foreign firm oi Planters writes under date 11th October, 1801 :— " We beg to enquire whether yon 
would procure us !0»sQOO Castilloa seeds, in which mouth we micjht expect them, and what would be the 
average price.'J Special offer, post free on application. 
/Wanihot Giaziovii.— -Seeds and Plants available all the year round, 100,000 and over at special 
low rates. A- Mexican plajitec in sending au orde'r for this seed wrote on the l;;3nd August, 1900 :— " If they 
arrive fresh and germinate easily I may send you larger orders, as thej- are for high ground where the 
Castilloa doss not thrive.''' ^ 
FIcus Elastica.— Seeds available in May -June; booking necessary before the end of March ; 
also plants. 
Mimusops Globosa (Balata) wood of the tree is much sought for buildings, fruits sweet like a plum 
and eaten, oil from seeds, said to yield as much as 45 lbs. of dry ruljbsr per free per annum, the milk is 
drank and whoa diluted with water used as cow s milk, grow from sea-level up to 2,000 feet, orders being 
booked for^secds and jpiante, price on application. 
Clnnsmosiinm Zeyisissc^su (Gimiamon superior variety).— New crop of seed in April to June; 
booking necessary before the end of February ; a;so plants. 
C©ffee Arabica, Lloer iau Hybrid and Maragogoole Hybrid.— New crop March-April ; 
immediate booking necessary. 
A foreign Agricalfenr.il Department writes dating 9th September. 1901 : — "Please accept our order 
for 175 lbs. of Tea seed and for 2,000 Coffee beans. In regard to Coflee seed I would say that this will be the 
first importation made by this department, and we will leave the selection of the varieties to be seat to 
your judgment." 
OUR DESOraPTIVE PRICE LISTS. 
The following six Descriptive Price Lists are now being forwarded with Circulars and special ofier 
of Seeds and Plants of Bubbar ajid otl-ier Economic Products : — 
1. Tropicial Seeds and Plants of Commercial Products, enlarged edition for 1902. 
2. Seeds and Plants of Shade, Timber, Wind-Belts, Fuel, and Ornamental Trees, Trees for Roads- 
sides, Parks, Open Spaci\s, Pasture Lands, Avenues, Hedges, and for planting among crops (Tea, Cofiee 
Cacao, Cardahiom'^ &c.) 
3. Seeds ancl Plants of Tropii->.al Fruit Trees including Mango grafts. 
4. Bn^Ji;, Tubers and Yams. 
5. Orchids — Co^lon and Indian. 
C. Seeds and^Piants of Palms, Calamus, Pandanus, Cycads, Tree and other Ferns, Crotons, 
Roses, Drscinas, Slirubs and Creepers, 
Specla! A rrangemesiiS ma:de with foreign Governments, Botanical and Agricultural Depart- 
ments, Pianters and others for supplying seeds and plants of Commercial Products in largo quantities. 
"South Afbica." — The great authority on South African affairs of 2-5th March, 1899, says: — 
'■' An interesting Catalogue reaches us from the East. It is issued by William BnoTHsns, Tropical Seed 
Merchants ©f Henarajtgoda, Ceylon, and schedules all the useful and beautiful plants which will thrive in 
tropicarand semi-tropical regioris. We fancy Messrs. Williams should do good business, for now that the 
great Powers have grabbed 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. 
Agent in Colombo, Ceylon: — E. B. CREASY, Esq. 
Agent in British Central Africa: — T. H. LLOYD, Esq., Blantyrc, 
Telegraphic Address: J. P WILLIAM & BROTHERS, 
William, HbnaraTGODA, Ceylon. Tropical Seed Merchants, 
liber's, A l. and A.B.O. Codes used, Henauatgoda, CistLON^ 
