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160 THE GARDENERS’ CHRONICLE AND AGRICULTURAL GAZETTE, — [Fesrvary 18, 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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KA P RREN; tablished Lawn Mowing Machines may be mentioned— Y 
“Ist. The Shafts o Bo Handles of all the different sizes of Machines are made of 6th. = Wheels are also secured from injury in precisely the same manner as 
Malleable instead of Cas t Tro and are ss grea — cote nearly so liable to break, | the Cut 
l light 7th. The Patent Delivering Apparatus is app to all = Horse, Po 
Donkey Machines, and effects a saving in th executed over all other 
The + Reduction of hades by the substitution of Malleable for Cast Tron to | Mowers of 35 per cent., and a saving in trouble to the man in w ork ing the M ine 
as grea extent as possible ee whole Machine, makes it stronger as Horg | of 75 per cen 
fit for the zoe usage i may a at times receive in working from the labourer or This Apparatus may ne be attached to the Hand Machines if required. 
gardener not skilled in machin 
dru ms Draught is greatly DR by the reduced sige and less fricti from the Machine, which is now as nearly perfect as is possible for any 
the journals, Machine is at least half il ked than fi ly Mower to be for practical oe The simplicity and Arenki of construction, 
Ath. Th n Tit p at | case with which the Machine can now be worked,.and its advantage over all oil: 
s Seige ALA = ore e contrivance Sia M ee is wn Mowers in the asditigi] conarstion of Delivering the on without stopping — 
; rae ti other hard substance in oring he Machine, make it peculiarly fit for all the purposes of Mowing, whether for 
“: vic TESE as is often by the bearings of the Cutter getting | Verges the Flower Canton or the open Lawn. The styl in which the work is 
loose, ‘and the latter wearing kni on t! 5 > Plate, causing much stifness and friction | executed cannot be surpassed; and iż is To guages whether the Lawn sont 
in working, is also completely obviated. or otherwise, or whether 
PRiLC E-S:— 
SHANKS’ NEW PATENT HORSE MACHINE for MOWING, SHANKS’ NEW PATENT HAND MACHINE, for ee 
ROLLING, COLLECTING, eon DELIVERE as or Drawing, stare or together, 
Including Box of Tools for Sharpen _ Including Box of Tools for &e., ; 
Width of Cut Widt $ of mt Width of Cut Width ¢ of Cutt: a 
No, 1. ~uaeaaeh Machine .. £28 0 0 | 8.36. inch Machine Do o, | E No. “3 ec OFS Machine eet eek No, 10. 10-inch Machine .. £712 0 
No, 2.—42-inch Machine .. £26 © 0| . Ne. ` 4.—30-inch Machine .. £19 0 0 No. 9,—22-inch sero 243i Bh A i IN No. aR en Machine .. £617 
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gragen NEW PATENT PONY AND DONKEY MACHINE, : gie 
MOWING, T resin ocho Arimak ere = & DELIVERING. | SHANKS’ Ney PATENT HAN D MADARIA an ‘Drawing only, 
eluding Box of T &e., directions. = uding Box of Tools for Sharpening, &c., and y ar 
No. 5.—30-inch —- oe £15 “9 ie z3 NON —28 Sok Machine .. £1410 0 No. 13.—22- Sey poise . &7 5 O| No. 14. DERT er . £15 My i 
0. 7.—25-inch Machine .. . p 10 0 No. 15.—16-inch Machine £ 0 D 
te The Dai ines are delivered Free of ania age to most of the principal Railway Stati d Shipping Ports in the Kin, doe: ain are warranted to port 
satisfaction, and if not approved of they may be at once ee oe * ig] 
STIMONIAL ay 
From Mr. Grorce EYLES, late Chief Superintendent of the Grou: F 3 entire a hang ey eee of the Crystal Palace, Sydenham, aud now or 
woe, the eataa Societys New Gardens, Kensington and the Gardens, Chiswick, in favour of SHANKS Patent I awn Mowe 
orse-power Machine used on the Lawns of the Crystal Palace) :— : 
“Crystal Palace, December 20, 
much pleasure in bearing testimony to the excellence of the 30-inch | Shanks’ Patent = cael Machine you sent us. We have o it in = 
aay up TA the end of the et season, and it h been once out of repair. Thee 
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From Mr. HARLEY, Grian to Tuomas attire Esq., Cranberry Park, near Atos 1859. 
bo able to add my testimony tothe high ‘of the Shanks? 80-inch New Horse Lawn M ons, Cronbersy Park a 
ew H owing Machine which you sent me. ve 
wine er ee ne i a ee ea aa It surpassed all m; nan, ae ic ee 
, gentlemen who witnessed its When taken e lawn, , 3 i ; of aio i 
after oto, os ate G Grass Bins removed, the pe raii before looked half so well as it did t Tam quite et Taare ae oe the 
Machine this year, in the labour saved Bge; the f the scythe, and not only that, but it li ne turf in snch fine condition. My opinion is that no one 
without Shan aks’ Machin sA oh 2 a to be, without eaei the best I ever saw worked. The self-acting apparatus for delivering the Graal the mo 
From Mr. ALEX. SHEARER, Gardener to Tur MARQUIS oF TWREDDALE. 
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Your improved Grass-entting Machine which we got the- other day (especially the delivering part) isa moita triumph. It < ens, May 1 ex} 
and performs all you say in your prospectus love with it—a good proof of its utility.” 
"Yos Mr. Fis Macxrz, Gardener to His GRACE THE DUKE oF ÅTHOLL. 
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“The Gardens, Dunkeld, May 18, 1859 
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“I have much pleasure in saying that I now consider your Machines e We can now do as much work in six hours as we used 
-old plan of stopping to empty the Grass Box, S with far greater ease bo th to and horse.” 
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