NOVEAIBBR IS, 1900. 



The Weekly Florists' Review* 



751 



FINLEY ROTARY LAWN RAKE. 



"PAPA' WE CAN RAKE >OUR LAWN. 



raEE WHAT SOME 



IHI OF OUR 

 PATRONS HAVE TO 

 SAY ABOUT OUR 

 RAKE AFTER THEY 

 HAVE USED IT 

 ONE SEASON 



MARSHALL FIELD & CO., 

 Credit Department. 



Chicago, July 5, 1900. 

 Finley Lawn Rake Co., Joliet. 111. 

 .J u- - 1. .1. « Gentlemen: My gardener 



Mr. Higtnbotham ^^ Joliet. 111., advises me 

 well pleased. that he has thoroughly 



tried your new Rake on my lawns, and he finds 

 it to be very useful and satisfactory in everj' 

 respect. It does the work in less time and in 

 better manner than could be done by hand. 



I have personally witnessed the rake in opera- 

 tion, and take pleasure in adding my testimony 

 to that of my gardener. 



Wishing for it and your company the largest 

 success, and thanking you for the opportunity 

 of having the rake, I am, with respect, 

 Very truly yours, 



H. N. HIGINBOTHAM. 



F. P. LLEWELLYN. 



Shamokin. Pa.. August 14, 1900. 

 Finley Lawn Rake Co., Joliet. III. 



Gentlemen: Absence from the city has caused 

 delay in replying to yours of the 25th of July. 

 I can most heartily indorse all that you claim 

 for your lawn rake. 



Respectfully yours, 



F. P. LLEWELLYN. 



BALL, WATSON & MACLAY. 

 Attorneys at Law. 



Fargo. N. D., Sept. 24. 1900. 

 Finley Lawn Rake Co.. Joliet. 111. 



Gentlemen: The rotary lawn rake which I 

 purchased of you early last summer has given 

 most excellent satisfaction. It has never been 

 out of order a moment, and has kept my lawn 

 looking all the time as if it had been carefully 

 swept with a broom. I would not be without 

 it for several times over its cost. 



Yours very respectfully. 



W. F. BALL. 



HARBER BROS. COMPANY. 



Bloomington. III., Oct. 2, 1900. 

 Finley Lawn Rake Co.. Joliet. 111. 



Gentlemen: Enclosed find draft for $24.45, in 

 settlement of statements enclosed herewith. 

 Kindly receipt and return the statements at 

 your convenience. 



The rakes are giving both the writer and our 

 Mr. E. D. Harber very excellent satisfaction. 

 Yours very trulv. 



B. F. HARBER. 



MARTIN GILLET & CO. 

 Tea Importers. 



Baltimore. Sept. 1, 1900. 

 Finley Lawn Rake Co., Joliet, 111. 



Dear Sirs: I beg to hand you enclosed check 

 for $12.00, in settlement of bill August 20. 



The rake arrived only the day before yester- 

 day, and although I have not given it a very 

 thorough test, I am satisfied it will do all you 

 claim for it. Yours faithfullv. 



ERNEST GILL. 



Easton. Md.. July 30, 1900. 

 Finley Lawn Rake, Co., Joliet. 111. 



Gentlemen: Yours of the 25th. The lawn 

 rake I purchased from you has given entire 

 satisfaction and does all you claim for it. 

 Yours truly, 



CHAS. CHIPERY. 



HUBBARD MILLING COMPANY. 



Mankato, Minn.. July 9, 1900. 

 Finley Lawn Rake Co., Joliet. 111. 



Gentlemen: Enclosed find draft for $12.00 in 

 payment of your invoice of June IS. The rake 

 is entirely satisfactory and does its work in 

 first-class shape. I think it is a very valuable 

 tool in the care of a lawn. Yours truly, 



G. M. PALMER. 



THE OMAHA AND GRANT 

 SMELTING CO. 



Omaha, Neb.. Sept. 27, 1900. 

 FHnley Lawn Rake Co., Joliet, 111. 



Dear Sirs: Your favor of the ISth Inst, is re- 

 ceived. I thank you for the suggestion in re- 

 gard to the lawn rake gathering autumn leaves: 

 but will say that I had already discovered it 

 will not only gather leaves, but everything else 

 in sight. It is a most remarkable machine, and 

 has given most perfect satisfaction. 

 Yours truly, 



GUY C. BARTON. 



NATIONAL CITY BANK, 



Thos. D. Catlin, President. 



Ottawa. 111., July 26, 1900. 

 Finlpv Lawn Rake Co.. Joliet. 111. 



Gentlemen: After giving the lawn rake which 

 I bought of you a thorough trial. I wish to ex- 

 press my entire satisfaction with it. The de- 

 scriptive circular which you sent me does not 

 exaggerate its good qualities. It does all you 

 claim for it, and more. I think it is well worth 

 what it cost. It is easily operated, and, while 

 there is a good deal of time saved over the 

 use of the ordinary hand rake, it does the work 

 easier and better in every respect. 



I cheerfully recommend it to any one who 

 wants a clean and attractive lawn. 

 Yours respectfully. 



THOS. D. CATLIN. 



New York City. Oct. IS, 1900. 

 Finley Lawn Rake Co., Joliet. III. 



Gentlemen: The lawn rake which you sent 

 to my house in Montclair has proved very satis- 

 factory, and. having an English relative stay- 

 ing with us, he is desirous of having one for his 

 place in England. Therefore. I send you here- 

 with check for $14.00 and will ask you to ship 

 one of your rakes, together with the duck leaf- 

 holder, securely boxed for export, marking 

 same: E. Power, care Power Bros. & Co., 6 

 Crosby Square. London, England. Consign 

 same to my care at 24 State St., New York. 

 Yours truly, 



A. SCHROEDER. 



LA CROSSE LUMBER CO. * 



Louisiana, Mo., July 12, 1900. 

 Finley Lawn Rake Co., Joliet, III. 



Gentlemen: You asked me to give you a re- 

 port on the lawn rake after having used the 

 same, and in reply to same will say it is simply 

 "out of sight" for taking care of lawns. There 

 is as much difference between it and the ordi- 

 nary hand rake or any other method we have 

 ever seen of taking up grass as between a 

 spoon and a fork for eating soup. Our man 

 can clean up a large lawn in six hours that 

 would take him not less than a day and a 

 half to do by hand, and in this case the lawn 

 rake takes up the grass in strictly first-class 

 shape. You certainly have a success in the 

 machine. Very truly. 



F. W. BUFFUM. 



Here is a cut of the Finley Lawn Rake inverted, 

 showing its construction, 



Discarded 

 all other 

 Lawn Rekes. 



J. M. STIDEBAKER, 

 South Bend, Ind. 



June 6, 1900. 

 Finley Lawn Rake Co.. Joliet. III. 



Gentlemen: I have used 

 different Lawn Rakes, and 

 the result was that after 

 using them a short time 

 they were discarded. On receipt of yours I took 

 particular pains to give it my personal test, 

 and I find it does its work admirably. It takes 

 up stones, leaves, and everything in its way, 

 leaving the lawn perfectly clean, and from its 

 appearance it should be indestructible. 

 Respectfullv vours, 



J. M. STUDEBAKER. 

 Vice-President and General Manager Stude- 

 baker Bros. Manufacturing Co. 



T. U. COLE, 



Cashier First National Bank. 



Honey Grove, Tex., Aug. 9, 1900. 

 Finley Lawn Rake Co.. Joliet, 111. 



Dear Sirs: Yours of the 7th received and 

 noted. I ordered one of your rakes through our 

 dealer here, the Hockaday Gray Co.. and after 

 several days' trial take pleasure in saying that 

 it gives excellent satisfaction and truly "fills 

 a long felt want." 



Yours very truly, 



T. U. COLE. 



\\'. E. RENNER, Dry Goods. 



Roanoke, Va.. August 30, 1900. 

 Finley Lawn Rake Co., Joliet. 111. 



Dear Sirs: Enclosed find check for one lawn 

 rake received yesterday. I tried it yesterday 

 evening and it is in all respects perfectly sat- 

 isfactory. Respectfullv. 



W. E. RENNER. 



FINLEY LAWN RAKE CO., -- Joliet, III. 



