a THE GARDENERS’ CHRONICLE AND AGRICULTURAL GAZETTE. CAPRI 9, 1664 
SHANKS’ NEW IMPROVED PATENT a 
LAWN MOWING, ROLLING, COLLECTING, and DELIVERING MACHINE for 1864, 
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Important Improvements, combining efficiency with simplicity of construction, have been introduced into Shanks’ Lawn Mowers for the ensuing season, 
HORSE MACHINE, 
PONY MACHINE. HAND MACHINE, 
MOWS ON UNEVEN AS WELL AS ON LEVEL LAWNS, AND WHETHER THE GRASS BE WET OR DRY. 
ALEXANDER SHANKS anp SON have had the honour this Season to again d LAWN MOWERS to HER MAJESTY THE QUEEN, for 
the Royal Gardens at Windsor, and to HIS MAJESTY THE KING OF SAXONY, for the Royal Gardens at Dresden 
A. & Son rds for a quarter of a century devoted their "ome E the Improvement and Manufacture of LAWN MOWERS; the demand for their 
Machines i is now hn recedented, and out of the €— boire nds of Mach oe rk e oi 
they h not gi every satisfaction, A. S. & SoN urther impro el the ir PATENT LAWN MOWERS for this season, and have no hesitation in saying | 
that, their co are still, as they have always Pied yl belese to be, sessi fr for the qualities that constitute a really good LAWN MOWER fit forthe ~ 
mer, 
SHANKS’ PATENT LAWN MOWERS are in daily use in the ROYAL GARDENS at KEW, WINDSOR, BUCKINGHAM PALACE, HAMPTON COURT, 
OSBORNE, and BALMORAL; in ee — a -y 1d HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY at KENSINGTON; in the GROUNDS of the CRYSTAL 
PALACE COMPANY at SYDENHAM inii hundreds of the principal Gardens in the Kingdom, as well as abroad, where their merits have ben 
fully proved, and their success esta bli 
PRIC 
ES, notti Carriage to most of the TER Railway Stations and Shipping Ports in the Kingdom. 
SHANKS' NEW rk uen T ir MACHINE, HANKS' NEW PATENT HAND MACHINE, 
r Pushing Ern Pushing or Drawing, Separately or Together. 
d : ith of Cutter. 
10-inch Machine £310 0 16 |6-inch Machine $e i$ .£6 12 6 Easily Worked by a Man, 
12-inch Machine "e Ee gue TO Tee Worked by a Lady. * 19-inch Machine Sis on ie 24 r d Ditto by a Man and Boy. 
14-inch Machi bc is 22-inch Machine et " 
inch Machine e Si .. 510 0 Ditto by a Boy. 4inch Machine : Easily Worked by Two Men, 
Silent Movement, 4s. extra. "Silent eile d 6d. extra, 
SEA NEW PATENT PONY e DONKEY MACHI INE. SHANKS' NEW PATENT E cum MACHINE. 
m with Patent Delivering A t ML ix f Cutter. with Patent Deliro iir MINIM. 
25-inch Machine elie E Su e arene; — soimeMahie. -. oa £19 0 30s. € 
, 28-inch Machine... — ..  .. 1410 o r 36-inch AE 1e noie 0 0 eac +e 
80-inch Machine oD 19 0 90s. 42-inch Maehine — ... sa b. 28 9:9 5, el) Ws s 
1 Silent DR 12s. 6d. extra; Boots for Tony, 21s. per a *5-Inch Machine 0 40r. 
Ditto for Donkey, 16s. per Silent einai’ 205. eder = Rs for Horses Feet, 24s. pt set. 
ALEXANDER SHANKS axp SON regret they find it necessary for the protection of their interests to call the attention of their numerous friends to the 
peed assertions E ARIS. THomas G 
other n Mone 
REEN & Son i in their advertisement of L AWN MOWERS which has this year appeared in the Gardeners’ Chronicle and 
Wears REEN d ve the following statement in their E « By special appointment Sole Manufacturers to Her Most Gracious Majesty the Queen” 
In answer tot this A. S. & Sow subjoin the following letter from Epwarp M. Browett, Esq., Secretary to the Lord Steward of Her Majesty’s Household :— 
1864. 
“ Board of Green Cloth, Buckingham Palace, February 2, 
that iie het hada onë; MM dy 5 batur that I should write you a letter for publication, stating that Messrs. GREEN & 2t pes E appointmen nt kei nor had any liberty or title tomy 
g ete 
repeat what I told the Gentleman who repr2sented himself as your Agent ps Do oa lled t ould appointment of Manu with 
peu ^ achines' e Her Lon ede no Warrant had bese granted $e about 10 years, and that Messrs eer had not one, although they had lately supplied Her aene sg rg 
eir Lawn Mowing “ I am, Sirs, your obedient Servant, (Sign EDWAR 
REEN also give a list of “ Forei Medals awarded to them for their Patent Lawn Mowers.” Amongst the number is one from the “ Benet " 
International E Exhibition, 1863.” A.S.&S pet ftl 1 Exhibition at Hamburg, transla 
H nglis| 
& Sox.) 
“Messrs. PETER SMITH & Apa , Hamburg, (Agents for A. 8. bition, 
aneo. SIRS, —In t f f yesterday, I beg to inf. that, after having looked myself over the list of awards darid ing t the | last year’s International agros d 
, whereas T. e pere with ^ small Silver —- fora corabined Steam nn — 
aber. tfully, Si HARD NACH 
an ioc February 12, 1864." * A8 S y of the f. Exe ting Gorino of the Taierustoial A Agricultural E rhibiüon “At Hamburg, 1869." 
soon 
& SON beg to state that Bd king inquiry of the Secretaries of the other Societies wl they have received Medals, and as 
as thas are able will pai th there Hort icultanl 
essrs, GREEN & at their ** Patent L tthe Royal Gardens, Windsor, the Royal 
Society’s Gardens, ae Keng, the Crystal Palaco s Company” s Gardens, ‘Sydenham, ar mnd other places, 
& Son b Royal Wi and further, only doe Royal 
ago they had the Ate rn Oire for thelr pet Improved M The Aa kn letters from PA kom perinten pss that 
Horticultural Society’s Gardens, and from Mr. GORDON, ie Tt he Cal Balaso Company's Gardens, are amply sufücient to satisfy 
GREEN & & SON's statements on this point are also incorrect. : 
Pn “ Royal Horticultural Society, South Kensington, Ma Y brin 
the My DEAR Sims,—In answer to your inquiry, I beg to say that your Machines have been almost in constant use here during the — season ever creme 
Gardens, “ I am, yours very — (Signed) Gro 
Palace, Sydenham, S.E., Merch e" the 
“‘ GENTLEMEN,—In reply to your pron ae respecting the on pais Machines supplied by you, I am pleased to say both the Horse Kex Hand bere were i n constan t acquisition 
= The par ae E eee for deliveri: [3 he p pu: a a E goRDOX.” 
men, yours Signed 
SHANKS anp SON n. altogether unnecessary to make any remarks on these — The letters they ee been authorised NT ut 
raticiont to convince any on d | Advertisements. These statements are calculated 
parties in selecting LAWN MO SWEERS, s t t must b t 
Dens InoN WORKS, ARBROATH, a 2, 1864. — 
t Shanks’ Patent Lawn Mona require 1 p i Xr 
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be ab 
ted to give satisfaction, and if not approved of Y^ 
as nathan 
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once returned. 
ENTEES AND SOLE MANUFACTURE 
ALEXANDER SHANKS AND SON, DENS IRON WORKS, ARBROATH, N.B. 
LONDON OFFICE and SHOW ROOMS, 27, LEADENHALL STREET, E.C. 
- A Stock of Lawn Mowers always kept at the London Depot, from which orders can be at once executed. 
(ILLUSTRATED ME LISTS OF CHAFF CUTTERS, WIRE NETTING, GARDEN CHAIRS, ETC., FREE ON APPLICATION. 
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