THE GARDENERS' CHRONICLE 
Max 31, 1862.] 
AND AGRICULTURAL GAZETTE. 
— 
SHANKS' NEW IMPROVED PATENT 
LAWN MOWING, виш, COLLECTING, and DELIYERIN G MACHINE for 1862. 
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POWER MACHIN 
HANKS’ MOWING and ROLLING MACHINE is in successfi 
HORSE- 
ul opera ation in Her 
s Gardens at Kew, Windsor, qom ams Palace, Hampton Court» 
and in many other places 
so used in most of the Gardens of the 
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Osborne, and Balmoral; i in, g Gardena of the К chi of the French; in the grounds 2; Hl "Royal Highness the oc. E: russia 
throughout ei ias tin ent, as n the Unite d States, British rael Indis, Australia, and other Sn abr oad. „161 18 
principal Nobil 
TE aeger qp 
hief "кадуе туы of the Grounds and entire Horticultural 
бковок EvLEs, late Cj 
nd now Le m n ar ы [the даун, Horticultural 
in favour 
eas al 
Department of of the Crystal Palace, 
Society s New Gardens, ен Gore, e the Gardens, Chiswic 
Lawn Mower—(the 30-inch Horse-power Machine used on the т 
ў Patent 
Vd, ew, July 
1 herewith send you a vA Y us E for the Ка 21 ine achine (a 42-inch Horse 
Machine), lately soe to this The Machine gives Ve anr — and is in 
daily use nine hoursa day. * * * Our old Shanks's Machine (a peche Machine, su 
14 years ago to Ke «4 Gardens), 9 all Поч "e p «P а not peg wet and 
e amount of work it has n us complete 
ong Grass. Itis astonishing th. 
satisfaction. 
-~ Mr. ANDREW TOWARD, Royal Gardens, Osborne, Isle of Wight. 
It me much pleasure to add A testimony to E о utility о of EL bed Cutting 
МА dad been in ац use here for two seas satisfac- 
tion, in its ai both а and ell. 
€ pas Buckingham Palace дан 
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ng the © sammer FA Ihave 
satisfaction Ih espe to. it has per 
ts use to every o а has any extent 
of manual labour, E Adi does 1 E WEE иши 
THOMAS INGRAM, Royal Gardens, Frogmore. 
Windsor. 
and is a great saving 
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of labour. 
| Jons Srexcer, Esq., Fact. he Most Hon. the M. L 
Bow YT 
Augu: 
The Shanks’ Horse Machine you sent me is n: m te as well as sn didi i 1847, 
(I4 years ago) and this is saying all that ол be said of its TM vahie and dura 
Grass 5 times over, md frequently 
H ive no doubt that spring ана 
о апу ects, 3 put t Sp si 
take a 42-inch one for БАН, and shall foo great евна é i reco mending your really 
wi er I have the opportunity. 
x Мт. б. FLEMIN Gardener to His Grace the DUKE of SUTHERLAND, Trentham. 
is with much satisfaction I give my testimony in favour e ут admirable A for 
and Rolling Grass. There are two of them in alm. $i daily use in these grounds 
Summer, by which a great c lal improved RATAT of the 
by g in labour effected, an 
E.P р ранне there із a general impression ibat "ihe Machines Lu work well when the 
dry. I find that t y ws ni equally w vi — ке Grass is wet. 
Mr. HanLEY, Gardener to AS CHAMB. sq. Cra MEA — inchest. 
nr Cranbe p July 5, 1850. 
Am to be able to add my testimony to the high merits of m ; Shanks 30-inch New 
Tough '"n Mowing Machine phi оп sent a I have put it to dt CAZA. 
and uneven ground w only been once mown this ЗЗА 
ай - sSpeciatons, а t like did my "- r'and other ge ad 
Tower, its w When taken on the lawn, where it а better chance of AUT its 
вне { nothing. g could possibly охо i Mer о cutting, and the Grass being removed, the lawn 
the looked half so well as then. am quite sure that I shall rua able to pay 
ГАИ the мамо this bees the saved from the use z "е scythe—and not 
de t it leaves the turf in such fine condition. My opinion is that no one shoul 
The eur Біз Machine, as I believe e a e without exception, the best I ever saw worked. 
шу Mowing mcn deliverin Grass is the most complete thing brought out in 
pud Chief Gardener to The Right Hon. the Manquis of STAFFORD, Lilleshall, Sa. 
ad econo pite en and M Ot Machine continues to ре great satisfaction, For акене 
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much fin penne dh wi when done by the ode 
Gardener to fis Mio of TWEED) P ute " ик. ics 
yo 2 the success of your improv rass Cutting Machine, 
frinmph, айй 0 ther day from „Jou, especially фе deli оргун part. It is а mechanical 
We. acts far Ee my e tion, and it a^ eia alt. you say in your psospocima. 
чеч. зу witho ut day rm - except to oil the parts that require it, 
^ good р ts utihty. 
1 DUKE of SUTHERLAND, Dunrobin Castle, 
am ттун are. 
satisfactory” ides es бын ELI achine got from you last Spring, tu Es зой ont s ost 
ке p м брен A old 1A mako, partir as m. gae ji чен 
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Grace the DUKE of ATHOLE, The Gardens, Dunkeld. 
Cutting Machine, as now fitted up with your delivering 
cm ie рі Inow consider your минан im lete. We 
e used to do in у m old plan of 
rass-box, and with | Pei greater ease фи t 
D лө - Pease. Esq., 
is the of any I E yet pete E the eit csl 
e Mun AT pines is a decided improvement, and the best recommendation 
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Mv e season's trial of your new and er tied Mowing and Rolling Machine I fe 
highly satisfied with the NE r it does the E 3 "АЁ, 
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wv iei Вмітн, не he Most Noble Иш 
ni Stuart Gardens, I: 
I have much pleasure in mte that your 42-inch Mowing Machine, which has been iu use 
ed the T Season, han ЫН бане Ж tisfaction, The Grass being delivered while the 
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pan Jas. R, Gar. еы oa теп n. LORD Lova’ T, Beaufort Castle, Beauly. 
Iam happy to t itinmy y Tod нбни эд the utility of your Improved 
ram Out Machines. The power o d x works admirably, and із а Ў ne d 
of I I 55 e one having a Lawn to keep should be without à Mowing 
your Improvem 
JoHN 
M. exi rking of your Mowing 
ED. I ep a lawn and v verges in co Loi order jah mino, tho whole being mown 
t be effected under two 
эй, doing the work with 
di dd N Н. MaxwELL, Bart., of Springell, Ecclefechan, N.B. 
Several gentlemen in this quarter who — seen the mn working: ope of it highly, 
and regret having already provided themselves with one from anothe 
R. К. GoopE, Esq., of pares Hall, Poma la- vom 
The Machine does its work far better than can be done with the scythe, and at half 
the expense. 
The Hon. M. F. T. BERKELEY, Berkeley Cast 
I have found your Mowing Machine answer perfectly. It nis its work well, cutting 
closer and more evenly than the scythe; collects and delivers the Grass, thereby saving much 
time and labour. 
Јонх BuRGOYNE, Bart., Sutton Park, St. Neo 
n Mower TY No 9 £3 inch Hand Machine wit Patent Delivering Apparatus), has 
The 
Что ш quis ч rs admirably, and mows better and in less time than it із possible 
EAN, Right Hı e EARL of МА за хз Sandon Hall, Staffordshire. 
I shall not fail t m recommend ган Звао, s теа 30-inch, No. «A In fact I 
o this mm 
We work it ue deve per week, enm еме — m 
TE with the scythes we had six or не men regularly Ta 
whole of the day, and then we could not get over it once in a fortni 
т. WILLIAM DAVIDSON, Landscape Gardener, 22, Clifton РШ. Muida Hill, London. 
та: тт Machine you qt to 1 Me а {койо does its work beautifully. . 
г. W. Е Steward to W. AMHURST Diddlington Park, Brandon, Norfolk. 
y g Machine gives very great 
satisfacti. esl 
Mr. Y Davis, Gardener to J. Н. HULBERT, Esq., Broomfield, Great Stan 
The Моє oria Machine. you sent us ЖЕ its vet very well, und it isin дуги айд of its 
»- "rcm Times o" that I have to order another one of the same for C. R. Rackstrow, 
f i 
we did the 
TN. е nearly the 
Esq., The Avenue, Bridlington 
Mowing Machine, which works to 
my AI еше 
The Rev. W. Amos, Braceboro' Rectory, Stamford. 
The Rev. W. Amos begs to don the cheque due to Messrs. Brown & Co., and to say that 
the gt gives great satisfacti 
MAS CAMPBELL, pea; to the Rev. F. Норугоор, Winwick Hali, near Warrington, 
но; 
Es iuh bappy to state that the Mowing ане (25- -inch pony 
admirably. 
HENE K, Esq., Birchfield, Isle of. Wight. 
I have to acknowledge the тарач ri go "Wire Notting and Hoving Machine, both of which 
afford us much U, g Machin: irably. 
Qm LL, Rec Vies Kent. 
eem Machins, the action of which continues to be 
e Rev. J. E. 
close a cheque P our Shanks’ 
Z ets on as well by himself as he did before with the 
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very satisfacto Myg uad says he ge! 
aid of a boy an à don 
3 B. FLETCHER, Esq., Busted Lodge, Bognor, 
I have used «s machine, and like it very much. 1% has done its work in а very satis- 
factory manner. 
E T. Weron, Esq., Lech Hall, Thirkly, Lonsdale, Westmoreland. 
I forward you я eque әй ihe amount of your account. I am quite delighted with tho 
Machine. I consider ost perfect instrumen! 
А St. Pierre-les-Calais, France, May 98, 1862. 
Je guis {гёз satisfait de la Machine. n. 
well pleased with the Moving Мы» Me ^ have tried it, and it works perfectly. 
SOLE AGENTS FOR LONDON : J. B. BROWN- è `со, 18, CANNON STREET, CITY, Е.С. 
