SHANKS’ NEW PATENT LAWN MOWING, ROLLING, COLLLECTING, 
AND DELIVERING MACHINE FOR 1860 
Jone 16, 1860.} _THE G GARDENERS S CHRONICLE AND AGRICULTURAL GAZETTE. 547 
MOWS THE GRASS IN A MUCH NEATER 
WET OR DRY, MANNER THAN THE 
ON LAWNS UNEVEN SCYTHE, AT HALF THE 
OR OTHERWISE, EXPENSE. 
NEW PATENT PONY os haphibp achat Fos 186 
NE of the most valuable of the Patent Improvements Messrs. Shanks have effected in their Machine the method of sins the Grrase-box. aa e z 
a speedy and effic jonk: method for this purpose has baap: mach sd: for many years past. In the ne more a when the 
s more annoying in w g Machine th almost constant tare! l foe. the. handles tot he ‘box, and vige ‘em: for the purpose of heroin 
$ Grass. A great st, independent of the = a piese aE of the Machine in a day, 
vek more especially in tak stooping posture e which he has so ae to endure. Many a FEA can tes tify. to this. This great want in all Mowing Machines, whether 
or ae is is completely obvisteg in paana Now in ent Mowing, Rolling, Cleans dong apin Machine for 1860. The aproven = th 
ay he 1 
emptying ttl und necessity of ne 24 este $ e han PE he Machine. 
So effecti d pl te is this valuable improvement, that the box, if it were posable = fill mr od $ emptied of 60 times a minute, ‘without any undue 
strain b PE t to the practical Gardener. ‘ne ee tues the Machine to do at 
‘least a third more —_ on the oliba and annoyance in working it, tl If a Lawn, which formerly took 
Machi w can now be done in six hours, with fn SOP less Japoni to the man who.works the Machine, a: poet is necessary to esta 
the utility and worth of the invention. 
di i ICES. 
HANKS’ NEW ENT HORSE MACHINE 
teste “Rot of oet es Sharpening, &c., and Directions. 
Wo. 1,-r48-100h Machine £28 0 0 No. 3. eee .. £22 0 0 Drawn by a Hors 
No. 2.—42-inch Machine FE Se 26 0 of Drawn by a Horse. | No. 4—30-inch Machine .. 249 0 O Drawn hes a Rare or a strong Pony 
SHANKS’ PATENT Bs AND DON Se MACHINES. 
of Too! Directions. 
No. 5.—30-inch Machine. £1515 Drawn by a Pony | No. 6 EA ate . £1410 Blas a Pony | No. 7—25-inch Machine, £1210 Drawn by a Donkey 
HAN. 
KS NEW PATENT HAND MACHINES, FOR P PUSHING OR DRAWING SEPARATELY OR TOGETHER. 
Including Box of Tools for Sharpening, &c, and Directions 
No.8—24inch Machine...» 8.17 D Bete corey 59 No. ae fie. £112 6 Boater an 
“No. 9.—22-inch Machine ... 6 
erea ad £6 2 6 Easily worked: 
The Patent Dawn “Appara: atus if ‘attached to the Hand Machines, and they are strongly a ae n so, 20s. extra. 
HANKS’ pe TA FAES MACHINE, FOR DRAWING ONLY. 
gree) of Tools for Sharpening, &c. and Directi 
No. 13.—22-inch Machine £7 0 deny am by a Man and Boy | No. o Le ean dine £6 0 Easily worked by a Man and Boy 
No. 15. —16-inch Midis 5 0 Easily aos by a Man 
*,* The Machines aos Mammaated #4 give ” ample satisfaction I a eatal ot toy ee 
The Prices include delivery at most of the piles Stations throughout the Kingdom. 
= r e ae IMONIAL 
From My. Groner EXLES, late Edin. Superintendent of the Gr Horticultural Department pA Em poe Palace, Sydenham, and now appointed to 
erintendence of the Horticultural spat P mal? New Sadee gee Gore, and the Gar our of SHANKS’ Patent ts Fe peat A 
30-inch Horse-power Machine used on the Lawns of the Crystal Palace).:— 
“ Crystal P; , December 20, 1 1859. 
«T-have much pleasure in bearing testimony to the excellence of the 30-inch Shanks’ Patent Lawn Mowing Machine you sent us. e have had it in use yee 
aay up w ths end the mowing seon, y manner, eT ae ond. af repair, The contri 
for emptying t on, and ts a considerable saving of time.” 
he Hon. M. F. T, BE pon Berney pete. Tamary. 21, 1860. 
Fro 
“I have found your Aging Machine answer cst a It does its work w y 
p Se caa and labour. 
Mr. J. RICHARDSON, Gardener to JOSEP Southend Gardens, eats pee oe 
g Machine is the best of any I have yet used, pyrene nesters oa The Deli decided impr t, and the 
n have is its own simplicity. wana 
From Mr. J. Kmp, Gardener to the Right Hon. The EARL oF ATRLIE, Lei Nga atat Gardens, Ji es = 
“ After having had wing and Rolling Machine, T fe hi pri cine antl je manner | p OE 
mni Bon 1 ‘consider av very great sa h of tim psi ne Sadino doe oot se vrei tobe 
of fs aura ep a iran EE io mow ao simple tint iat ay of my men on 
coal to have the Cian fick 
another ‘improvement which was re eine E Maceinos prey the tempering 
fate to be oblige 
ible to 
alter 3 in Axe minyoo: aes a ed to use your old Machin 
J.Momr, Gardener to the Right Hon Lorp LOVAT, aiat Castle, Beauly, January 23, 1860. 
“I am happy to: have it in my on to sit to the utili of our improved Grass-Cutting Machines. The Delivering 
and is a great saving of time, I think no one ae eep $ should ie witho ut a Mowing Machine with your improvements.’ 
AGENTS FOR LON 
J. B. BROWN “ty Bo 18, CANNON STREET, “city, 
Apparatus works admirably 
LONDON, E.C. 
