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DREER'S GARDEN CALENDAR. 



Comstock's Seeder, Hand Cultivator, 



Weeder, Strawberry Vine Cutter, Shovel and Mole Plows, 



These implements comprise in simple combinations a 

 Wheel Seed Sower, Cultivator, Rake, Scuffle Hoe, Shovel 

 Plow, Strawberry Runner Cutter, and Verge or Turf 

 Cutter. The changes for each kind of work can be made 

 in a few minutes, and every implement of the Combined 

 Machine works as well as if made specially for the pur- 

 pose. The Combined Machine, with the extra attachments 

 complete, sows all kinds of seeds in drills, weeds all kinds 

 of plants in drills, and pulverizes the soil, cultivates between rows or both sides of a row at once, opens and covers 

 drills, deep or shallow, skims the surface or loosens the soil, gathers loose weeds into heaps between rows, plows and 

 hoes any depth and width required, throws the earth to or from the rows, cuts Strawberry Runners and cleans the 

 ground, cuts the turf edges of walks and borders, scrapes and cleans walks and alleys. The same frame, wheel 

 and handles, answer for all the combinations. 

 Hand Cultivator and OnionWeeder combined $7 00 



Extra Steel Plates, for teeth when worn each$o 17 



Shovel plows, set of three, $1 50. Mole Plow 75 



Verge or Turf Cutter. Scuffle Hoe each 1 25 



The handles can be taken off, and the Machines 

 packed in a small box for safe and cheap transportation. 

 The combined implement weighs about 20 pounds. 



These Implements are all metal but the handles, light, 

 neat, and durable, and are made to a standard, so that 

 any of the parts can be duplicated. They will prove to 

 be all claimed for them. 



Full instructions for using the Implements will be sent 

 with every Machine. 



MATHEW S GARDEN SEED DRILL. 



Seed Sower, Cultivator and Weeder combined ..12 00 



Seed Sower only 8 00 



EXTRA ATTACHMENTS. 

 To make up the price of any combined Implement, 

 add the price of the attachment wanted to $7.00, the 

 price of the Cultivator and Weeder — thus, for a Verge 



Cutter add $1.25, making $8 25 



Hopper and Coverer to make a Seed Sower 5 00 



Set of 2 rakes and 3 teeth to make a Cultivator and 



Weeder of a Seed Sower 4 00 



Wheel and Knife to be fixed to the Cultivator to 



make a Strawberry Runner Cutter 2 00 



Mathew's Garden Seed Drill. One of the most perfect 

 Hand Seed Drills in use, adapted to either field or garden. 

 It opens the furrow, drops the seed accurately at the desired 

 depth, covers it and lightly rolls it, and at the same time marks 

 the next row, all of which is done with mechanical precision. 

 It sows with an evenness and rapidity, all the different kinds of 

 vegetable seeds, impossible for the most skilful hand to do. 

 It has an indicator with the names of the different kinds of 

 seed, to simplify the adjustment for sowing the same. $12.00. 



Philadelphia Broadcast Hand Seed Sower. This hand 

 machine will sow Wheat, Oats, Barley, Buckwheat, Clover, 

 Timothy, Orchard Grass, etc., better, more evenly and economi- 

 cally than by hand, and will spread it over a surface of 15 to 25 

 feet, according to the seed to be sown ; no farmer that has broad- 

 cast sowing to do should be without it. $6.00. 



The Philadelphia Hand Lawn Mowers.— Nearly all the machines used in mowing lawns are 

 much heavier than is necessary, and more labor is expended in moving them than should be. 

 To overcome this objection, these machines have been introduced. Style D, 10 and 12 

 inch cut, with 6J4-inch diameter driving wheels. These are intended for grass plots 

 and lawns of less than one-eighth of an acre, and for that amount of work are 

 just about perfect, being far the most easily worked and the lightest made. 

 They have the single gearing, noiseless ratchet, rear cut, floating cutting 

 apparatus, self-sharpening knives, loose handle, and the compact, 

 strong and simple construction character- 

 istic of the Philadelphia Mozvers. Style 

 M, 14, 16, 18 and 20-inch cut, with 7-inch 

 diameter driving wheels. The style M 

 machines, with silent ratchets, are de- 

 signed for general use on private lawns 

 of one-eighth of an acre or more. The 

 journals and bearings are all much longer 

 than in style D. They have the single 

 gearing, noiseless ratchet, rear cut, float- 

 ing cutting apparatus, self-sharpening 

 knives, and loose handle. They have 

 also malleable iron roller and handle brace brackets. They are furnished with the new self-locking pawl that can- 

 not slip, no matter how much it is worn and battered, and the revolving knives are arranged so that they throw all 

 the cut grass backwards instead of part of it forwards, as was the case in those made previous to 1881. The adjust- 

 ing screws are exposed and convenient. The 18 and 20-inch cut of style M have the spring pawl or ratchet, and 

 are intended for use on extensive grounds and parks, where the slight noise made by the pawl is no objection. 



The 10-inch cut, D, weighs 26 lbs. It is intended for small grass-plots; and can be easily worked by a lady. 

 With silent ratchet. $10.00. 



The 12-inch cut, D, weighs 28 lbs., intended for small lawns. For ladies and boys. With silent ratchet. $12.00. 

 The 14-inch cut, M, weighs 36 lbs., for lawns one-eighth acre ; worked by a youth. With silent ratchet. $14.00. 

 The 16-inch cut, M, weighs 38 lbs., for lawns one quarter acre. Man's size. With silent ratchet. $16.00. 

 The 18-inch cut, M, weighs 44 lbs., for lawns from one-half to three-quarter acres. With spring ratchet. $18.00. 

 The 20-inch cut, M,"weighs 46 lbs., for lawns from three-quarters to one acre. With spring ratchet. $20.00. 

 We warrant the above mowers to run easier in grass not over five inches high than any other make. 

 Each machine is boxed ready for shipment, with directions. When ordering mowers, mention style and width of cut. 



THE PHILADELPHIA HAND LAWN MOWER — STYLE M. 



