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THE HENDERSON |^ f l Sng LAWN MOWER 



T he King of Lawn Mowers ! 



TRIED AND TKUE.— LIGHT RUNNING. 



NOISELESS.— DURABLE— SELF-ADJUSTING. 



ALWAYS SHAPxP.— DOES NOT PULL THE GRASS. 



Leaves the Lawn Smooth and Free from Corrugation. 



THE HENDERSON BALL-BEARING LAWN MOWER is 



made without regard to cost — to be the best, most durable, 

 and the easiest-working 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 ex- 

 perienced with cheap Mowers. It is superior to all other 

 Mowers in the following respects: the axles of the revolving 

 cutter, like the axles of a bicycle, work in self-adjusting "ball- 

 bearing " journal boxes or cups, which reduces the friction 

 enormously. The Mower is also built scientifically correct in 

 other respects, resulting in a phenomenally light running 

 machine. A 21-inch cuts the grass as easily as a lG-inch olJ- 

 style Mower. It is stricly a high-class Mower, made the best 

 we know how — from the highest quality of iron and steel.. 

 The castings are lathe- turned and bored, and the journals 

 machine-trimmed, which insures trueness in fitting and 

 smoothness in working, with no irregularities to wear off and 

 leave rattle and play. The knives, of the finest steel and tem- 

 per, cut like razors, the self-adjusting ball-bearings keep the 

 revolving knives perfectly true, so they wear evenly and to 

 the same bevel against the under or stationary knife ; and, 

 in consequence, are self-sharpening. We have so simplified 

 the adjustments in our new Ball-bearing Mower that even 

 those ignorant of mechanics will have no trouble in always 

 keeping our Mower in fine cutting order for years and the 

 lawn in uninjured condition. 



THE HENDERSON BALL-BEARING MOWER has high drive wheels, large, open, non- 

 clogging cylinder placed far enough back to prevent 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 and breaking 

 when one side of the Mower is held off the ground, and besides the handle is equipped 

 with improved " grips," which keeps the handles in a natural position, gives more power.and 

 is less tiresome than a continued grasp, with wrists twisted, on a horizontal grip. 



GRASS CATCHERS for the Henderson "Ball-Bearing" Lawn Mowers are of superior heavy 

 duck; bottom of galvanized iron that will not sag nor drag on the ground when filled; they 

 are quickly attached, removed or dumped. 



PRICES FOR THE HENDERSON BALL-BEARING LAWN MOWERS. 



{Strictly net; no charges for packing or cartage.) 

 16-inch cut, $7.50 Grass Catcher Extra, $1.75. 

 18-inch cut, 8.50 Grass Catcher Extra, 1.85. 



21-inch cut, 9.50 Grass Catcher Extra, 2.00. 

 24-inch cut, 11.00 Grass Catcher Extra, 2.50. 



The HENDERSON BALL-BEARING LAWN MOWER 



Satisfactory on Bermuda Grass Lawns in the Tropics. 



From the Imperial Department of Agriculture, Dominica, British West Indies, to an in- 

 quiring resident: 



" Dear Sir: We can not advise you to purchase any Mower but Peter Henderson & Co.'s 

 Bali-Bearing. Other Mowers have so often proved failures with -us, and out of the dozens of Hen- 

 derson's we have used at the Botanic Station and elsewhere we have never met with a failure." 



ARCH1BOLD J. BROOKS, Curator. 



From the late Rear Admiral, James E. Jouett, Orlando, Fla.: 



" We have thoroughly tested your most admirable Bail-Bearing Lawn Mower. 

 right through our wiry, tough Bermuda grass, cutting it as easily as if blue grass." 



It walks 



The Henderson Ball-Bcaring Lawn Mower Showing Grass 

 Catcher Attached in Upper Illustration. 



CUSTOMERS' REPORTS ABOUT 



THE HENDERSON BALL-BEARING 

 LAWN MOWER. 



" / am convinced that your Ball-Bearing Lawn Mower is not 

 only constructed on scientific principles, but is superior to all 

 others. In actual work it saves about half the time, and works 

 easily and charmingly." 



JOHN V. N.STANDISH, 

 (Pres. Lombard University), Galesburg, III. 

 " Your Henderson Mower is a good machine, simple, strong, 

 cuts finely and does not look like a motor car as most of the Eng- 

 lish mowers do." ' PAUL A. ZUBER, 



Mulhouse, Alsace. 

 " I have just had my lawns cut with the 24-inch Mower 

 (Henderson's Ball-Bear mg) that you shipped me. The ease with 

 with which it runs and the quality of the work done delights me. 

 I have had several machines prior to this one, but none could 

 compare with the Henderson." JAMES HART, 



Christopher, King Co., Washington. 

 I have used the Ball- Bearing Lawn Mower all summer, and 

 it is the best machine I have ever used. It lavs close to the 

 turf in long grass, while other machines bob up and down, end tile 

 knives never clog up" WILLIAM STEWART. 



Springfield, Mass. 

 " Your 21-inch Ball-Bearing Lawn Mower more than pleases 

 me, and it has so excited the jealousy of my neighbor that he 

 wishes me to order one for him exactly like mine. Please ship 

 it by, etc" DR. CHAS. R. SMITH, 



Tioga, Pa. 

 " The Henderson Ball-Bearing Lawn Mower is the best cut- 

 ting and easiest worked mower 1 ever saw." 



A. PITCAITHLY, 

 Western Rhynde, Bridge of Earn, Perthshire, Scotland. 

 We used your Henderson Bali-Bearing Mower all last sum- 

 mer, and must say that it is the best machine we have ever tried 

 on our lawns, and we have about every make in use, but the men 

 all agree that yours is the ' boss.' " 



WM. H. PL ATT, 

 Comptroller, Lake Side Cemetery, Erie, Pa. 



