ESTABLIS! 
DEPARTMENT OF THE LAWN. 
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One of the best signs of the strides American horticulture is making these days, 
is found in the space and prominence leading seed houses give the different 
requisites used in the formation of the lawn. Take our own case for instance. 
It is scarcely fifteen years ago when a few lines in the back of the catalogue 
covered what we had to say about lawn grass seed, while lawn mowers received 
more display only because of the cuts necessary to show what they were like. 
To-day the department of the lawn is one of the most important of our business. 
While it would be absurd for any one to claim that this great development was 
entirely due to the special exploiting it may have received—tor, if the conditions 
had not existed, no amount of catalogue or other advertising would have availed 
—yet we can and do assert that we have hastened and developed the growth of 
this branch more than any other seed house in this country. Forin this, as in 
so many other branches of horticulture, we have been the pioneers. In our 
catalogue for 1887, we, for the first time, gave an entire page to lawn seed, half 
of which was a handsome view of a lawn, with the heading ‘A BEAUTIFUL 
LAWN,” with original cultural instructions, all of which in a year or two found 
their way into half the seed catalogues in the country. One direct result of our 
initiative was that a dealer in horticultural cuts found it worth his while to pub- 
lish a large catalogue of lawn views for use in seed catalogues. In this, as in so 
many other directions, we have led for many years, and the reason why 
... WE STILL HOLD OUR LEAD... 
is because that if it is at all possible, we supply in every department a better 
article than we furnished the year before—at any rate we allow no deterioration. 
Of nothing we sell is this rule of ours more pertinent than to that article now 
so universally known: The Hendersor. Lawn Grass Seed. 
The HENDERSON 
HAS BEARINGS 
THE LIGHTEST Working Mower Made. ... 
...- A 24inch cut pushes as easily as an 
. ++. ordinary Mower of only {6-inch cut. 
~--- INVENTION’S RIPEST FRUIT.... 
The Henderson Ball-bearing Lawn Mower is superior to all other Mowers in the following respects: 
HIGH 
BALL-BEARING (vies) Lawn Mower. 
eee e 
LIKE A BICYCLE. 
A LAWN may now be mown in nearly one- 
.«.«-e half the time, and then with less effort 
- +. than with old style narrow-cut Mowers. 
The axles of the revolving cutter, like the axles of 
a bicycle, work in ‘‘ ball-bearing’ journal boxes or cups, which reduces the friction enormously. These parts are made of the finest case-hardened steel, and will 
last for years, though we have provided against wear should there be any—so that any one, by simply loosening one screw and tightening another, can force the cup 
and balls higher up the cone-shaped ends of the revolving shaft, thereby taking up all possible wear. 
Our Mower is also built scientifically correct in other respects, resulting in a poenomenally light running Mower. 
Your gardener will not now complain about your Mower being ‘‘too large and a man-killer, 
to a hair. 
as a 16-inch cut old style Mower. 
This adjustment is so simple, yet positive, that it can be set 
A 24-inch cut pushes as easily 
” if you supply him with a 
“Henderson Ball-bearing Mower, even of wide cut. On the contrary, the gardeners to whom we sent 
ANANANNANN RERUN 
these Mowers last summer for testing were enthusiastic about them. 
A wide-cut Mower, in addition to doing the work a great deal quicker, lasts much longer than 
a narrower-cut Mower, for there is less wear; in other words, if it requires 100 times around with a 
12-inch Mower to cut a lawn, it will only take fifty times around to cut it with a 24-inch Mower. 
The ‘‘Henderson Ball-bearing”’ is strictly a high-class Mower; we, have not endeavored to make 
it ‘“‘cheap,” but the best we know how—from the highest quality of iron and stéel, which has enabled 
us to very materially reduce the weight. 
machine-trimmed, which insures trueness in fitting and smoothness in working, with no ir- 
regularities to wear off and leave rattle and play. The knives are of the finest steel an@ 
temper, being made especially for our Mowers by Loring Coes, long renowned as the maker 
of the finest, though most expensive, knives in America, 
razors, and will keep so if the under knife is kept tightened up to the revolving knives, 
for then the blades wear to the same bevel, and, in consequence, are self-sharpening. 
Simply bear in mind that a Lawn Mower, like a pair of shears, cuts by one blade rub- 
bing over another. With shears, if the blades are apart, they bend the cloth over and 
do not cut; with a Lawn Mower, if the blades are apart, they bend the grass over 
without cutting it, or pull it, loosening the roots. 
The castings are lathe-turned and bored, and the journals 
Our knives are sharp and cut like 
The remedy is the same in both 
cases—simply tighten up and bring the cutting blades together. With most 
Mowers this is a difficult operation, and hard to understand, but in our new Ball- 
bearing Mower we have 80 simplified this adjustment that even those 
ignorant of mechanics will have no trouble in always keeping our Mower in 
fine cutting order, and the lawn in uninjured condition. 
The Henderson Ball-bearing Mower has drive wheels 11 inches 
high, a large, open, non-clogging cylinder placed far enough back to pre- 
vent any ‘‘kicking up”’ of the Mower when it strikes heavy grass. The 
spiral of the knives is correctly proportioned to give a continuous cut, 
leaving the lawn as smooth as if shaved, entirely free from the corrugated 
surface left by other Mowers. The handles are braced and reinforced to 
prevent twisting aud breaking when one side of the Mower is held off the 
ground, and besides the handle is equipped with improved ‘“‘ grips,’”’ which 
keeps the hands in a natural position, gives more power, and is less tire- 
some than a continued grasp, with wrists twisted, on a horizontal grip. 
We wish to reiterate that our ‘‘ Henderson Ball-bearing’’ Mower is made 
without regard to cost—to be the best, most durable, and the easiest work- 
ing Mower on the market, and while the prices are necessarily a little higher 
than those of Mowers simply made to sell, yet in the end our Mower will 
prove much cheaper, aside from annoying delays and repairs experienced 
with cheap Mowers. 
PRICES OF THE 
HENDERSON BALL-BEARING LAWN MOWERS. 
Strictly net; no charge for packing or cartage. 
US "inch cnt acc--cceee $10.50 21-inch cut................00..... $12.50 
LS-inch (Cut... :. 2... c..ne-caees 
Note.—The 24-inch cut renders it unnecessary for us longer to make the 
small size horse Mowers. It will be found very useful on large lawns, even 
if you have a horse Mower, as there are often times when the ground is tom 
moist and soft to work a horse over it without marring the surface. 
