84 THE GARDENERS’ CHRONICLE. AND AGRIC DULTURAL GAZETTE. [Janvary 28, 1860, 
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BY ROYAL LETTERS PATENT 
SHANKS NEW PATENT MOWING, ROLLING, 
COLLECTING, AND DELIVERING MACHINE. 
IMPORTANT IMPROVEMENTS for 1860 peculiar to SHANKS’ PATENT LAWN MOWER. 
HORSE-POWER MACHINE. 
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1st. The Shafts or Handles of all the different sizes of Machines are made of Malleable 6th. The Wheels are also secured from 4 injury in nla eit thes same-manner as the Cutter, ` 
instead of Cast bes: and are mush, neater, not nearly so liable to break, and a great deal 1 The Sos. Delivering Eppure is attached to all the Horse, ry K: Boe. d 
lighter than the usual Cast Iro Machines, and effects a anog in Se e vk executed óver allother Lawn Mowi 
2d. The Boripe of Weight 1 oy thie substitution of Malleable for Cast Iron to as great an wed. T sav’ ing in Semis to the m orking the Machine of 75 per cent. 4 
extent as possib the whole Machin We makes it eon aa jorge fit er ire e rough usage it This Apparatus may also be attached i the a Machines if required. 
may at times oct ar oki working from the labourer or garden killed in Machinery. Sth. ‘Everstnbiy in the shape of n velty not improvement is carefully excluded frock 
3d. The Draught is greatly lessened tho the reduced weit Peet ae friction on the journals. | Machine, which is now as nearly perfect as Ps ssible for any Lawn =a er to be for 
The Machine is at least one-half more easily worked than formerly. use. The simplicity and strength of construction, the ease with whic e Machine can now be 
4th. The Cutter, by a simple contrivance, is prevente: aking, al | worked, and its advantage over all other Lawn Mowers in the oie operation of 
into contact with a en or other hard substance in Mowing. | Delivering the Grass without stopping the Machine, wake it peculiarly fit for all the puros 
5th. The ann hich is often given by = dose arings of the Cutter getting RESE and the | of Mowin ng, whether g Bte oa the hee Garaan; or the open Lawn. The style in which 
latter n on the Plate, causing mi stifmess and friction in working, is also | the ai To is executed c be surpassed ; and it is quite immaterial whether the Lawn be level or 
completely o! briated.. , or whether the "Grasi be wet or dry S 
ICES:— 
SHANKS' NEW PATENT HORSE MACHINE for MOW:N o SHANKS’ d PATENT HAND MACHINE, for Pushing 
ROLLIN G, ip ymcpi otal sat DELIVERIN r Drawing, peperatsly or together. 
cluding Box of Tools for Sharpening, &c., and directions. Taea Box of Tools for Sharpen: ns. 
Width of Cutter. Width of Cutter, oo Cutter. Width d pri 
Eo tey Jook Machine .. £28 0 0 No. 3.—36-inch Machine ., £22 00 —24-inch Machine .. £817 6 No. 10. 19-inch Machine .. 47 ns 
2.—42-i Machine .. £26 0 0 No, 4.—30-inch Machine .. £19 0 0 No F: —22-inch Machine. £8 7 6 No. 11. Sr h i chine £617 6 
TERS n No. —13- inch Machine R £6 = 
SHANKS’ NEW PATENT PONY AND DONKEY MACHINE, 
for MOWING, ROLLING, COLLECTING, & DELIVERING, SHANKS’ NEW PATENT HAND MACHINE, for pa 
&c., and direc tions 
ncluding Box of Tools for Sharpening, &e., and direc 
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No. 5.—30-inch Machine .. £15 15 I BN 6. a ARE Machine «. £14 10 0 No. 18.—22-inch Machine £7 0| No. 14.—19-inch Machine e S40 
pa 7,—25-inch Mac! nane oe No. 15.—16- Tsi Machine £6 0 4 
i En fi ts The N . rae eeey 4 "iag soa oo principal Railway Stati d Shipping Ports in the ‘Kingdon a are warranted to give ampl 
satisfaction, and t they may b à 
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TESTIMONIAL from Mr. GEORGE EYLES, late Chief Superintend f the G a ea a ee Se A eet oor Con EE TE A saa to tht 
i N: a1 Kensington G and the Garden , Chiswick, 
be one sana of the Horticultural § 
n the Lawns of the Crystal Palace) :— 
“Crystal Palace, Dee. 20, 1859. of the mowing season, and it has always performed its work in the t satisfactory manne, 
“I have much pleasure in bearing testimony to the excellence of the ne 80- inch ‘Shanks’ | and has iver bos once out of repair. The contrivance workin ie st Grass. Box isa gn 
_ Patent Lawn Mowing Machine you sent us. We have had it in use almost Be deo nd | acquisition, perch a considerable saving of time.” q 
AGENTS FOR 
MESSRS. J. B. BROWN & bo.. “18, CANNON § STREET, CITY, FONDON, E.C. 
MONRO’S CANNON ‘BOILERS, WATTS anD CO., HOTHOUSE Bumpers and v Ki NaS a ae vu BS 
TURERS, 
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. HoT-WATER APPARATUS MANUFA Jubilee Place, King’s Road, Chelsea; yi 
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HoRrTICULTURAL BurLDeRS and HOT-WATER are 
stall aap —— a on the sox 
cr £ 
Near the Green Man, Old Kent Road, L m, S.E. 
Pv Cus ame mber and Melon Boxes a and Lights, air ‘from 300 to Pe s from a cos e burn ie pon quie s i, 
ii on Gas @, 
UCH has of late been said about BOILERS FOR Sie read fe ral sizes kept in stock, glazed and painted | pla gate r Store v 
ces & as 
HEATING sy HOT WATER, but these Bo oilers tet |° Ore en ready for immediate use, packed to dit parta | TORS ES AUDIE As Above. i 
now proved themsely t t at eee at aven Ni | 
Play’ wee adapted for tig Sti ct ovary pier of Building pra: w $0: otis Nobility, Gentry, and Trade in most of the wW Ty; cae d M E EA 
d are made of various sizes, ~~ of the. OTHOUSES FOR THE MILLION (Late Burbridge & Hi an 
toa aad LA > Spas -£ Ena ener VH BY STEAM Powis AT sis 118, Dorset Street, Fleet Street, London, EC as 
soit ten heed lal ‘ X b- 1 n Works, Stamford HOT-WATER APPARATUS MANUFA 
48-inch W; tIronis .. Sees © uses are made on a m: H shimano 
to Ge a aatia Vins Dolen 7 nciple than those manufactured on Sir OT-WATER PIPES at wholesale pi 
-are now at Boilers are now kept in stock, J. Paxtons 5 plan, apa more Sab and cheaper. bow ws, Syphohs, Tee Pipes, an every oth 
‘Ride to ba tad only off. Foren, 6, Bankside, S. E. Also, every 0 ft. by 16 ft., with two glassends £ | Wrought and Cast-iron Boil ders, | Sir: Conical; Oi jp 
of Saddle and Cylinder Boilers. Hot-water Pipes and doorscomplete 30 Elliptic, bin Bist ach. and Iron Sana sie poe a, 
and Connections at es lower than oo of any other ho Te Do. ms = = $i z ft. sm z out brickwork. Valve fens . cac! 
ae Apper erected com- Do. 4 ft. Doors, Furnace Bars, Supply Cisterns, and ul 
plete i any part of the country and on strated G fatale aa oink oF Paes of a 7 creates on anea 5 eve denin in stock, at Mr. 
application to J, JONES, 6, Bankside, Southwar! S.B. | J. Lew art, Upper Ground Street, Blackfriars Bri 
