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1861-08-03 Gardeners Chronicle - Shanks Advertisement

Page 728    THE GARDENERS' CHRONICLE AND AGRICULTURAL GAZETTE.           AUGUST 3, 1861.

SHANKS' NEW PATENT LAWN MOWING, ROLLING, COLLECTING, AND DELIVERING MACHINE FOR 1861,

WITH SILENT MOTION IF SPECIALLY DESIRED.

HORSE MACHINE               PONY MACHINE                NEW HAND MACHINE                 OLD HAND MACHINE

THE SHANKS' NEW PATENT MACHINE FOR 1861 Mows the Grass Wet or Dry, on Lawns uneven or otherwise, in a much neater manner than the Scythe, and at half the expense. These celebrated Machines have established their deserved reputation not only in every part of the United Kingdom, but throughout Europe and also in India, Australia, Americas and other countries. Among the numerous distinguished and well-known patrons to whom the celebrated Shanks Laws Mov has been furnished, may be mentioned- 


COLUMN 1

HER MOST GRACIOUS MAJESTY THE QUEEN, for the Royal Gardens at Kew, Windsor, Buckingham Palace, Hampton Court, Osborne, and Balmoral

His Majesty The Emperor of the French 

His Royal Highness The Prince of Prussia 

His Excellency The Lord Lieutenant of Ireland 

His Excellency The Belgian Minister

The Right Hon. Lord Palmerston 

His Grace the Duke of Bedford

His Grace the Duke of Newcastle 

His Grace the Duke of Marlborough 

His Grace the Duke of Rutland 

His Grace the Duke of Sutherland 

His Grace the Duke of Buccleuch

His Grace the Duke of Devonshire

His Grace the Duke of Lenister

His Grace the Duke of Athole

His Grace the Duke of Norfolk

His Grace the Duke of Hamilton and Brandon

His Grace the Duke of Argyll

His Grace the Duke of Northumberland

His Grace the Duke of Roxburgh

His Grace the Duke of Wellington 

His Grace the Archbishop of York

The Most Hon. the Marquis of Winchester 

The Moet Hon, the Marquis of Exeter 

The Most Hon. the Marquis of Breadalbane

The Most Hon the Marquis of Westminster

The Most Hon, the Marquis of Lansdown

The Most Hon. the Marquis of Stafford

The Most Hon. the Marquis of Chandos 

The Most Hon the Marquis of Kildare 

The Most Hon. the Marquis of Abercorn

The Most Hon, the Marquis of Londonderry 

The Most H0n, the Marquis of Ailsa.

The Most Hon. the Marquis of Tweadale 

The Right Hon. the Bar of Leicester 

The Right on the Earl of Camperdown

The Right Hon. the Earl of Shannon

The Right Hon. the Earl of Abergavenny 

The Right Hon. the Earl of Durham 

The Right Hon. the Earl of Lauderdale
           

COLUMN 2 

The Right Hon. the Earl of Home

The Right Hon. the Earl of Harrington 

The Right Hon. the Earl of Carnarvon 

The Right the Earl of Northesk

The Right Hon. the Earl of Stamford and Warrington

The Right Hon, the Earl of Glasgow 

The Right Hon. the Earl of Aberdeen 

The Right Hon the Earl of Aberdour 

The Right on the Earl of Ashburnham 

The Right Hon. the Earl of Haddington 

The Right Hon. the Earl of Cawdor 

The Right Hon. the Earl et Denbigh 

The Right Hon. the Earl of Galloway 

The Right Be the Earl of Hopetown

The Right Hon. the Earl of Mansfield

The Right Hon. the Earl of Milltown 

The Right Hon. the Earl of Selkirk

The Right Hon. the Earl of Winchelsea

The Right Hon. the Earl of Zetland 

The Right Hon. The Earl of Minto.

The Right Hon. the Earl of Kintore.

The Right Hon. the Earl of Sefield. 

The Right   Hon, the Earl of Southesk

The Right Hon. the Earl of Kinnoul

The Right Hon. the Earl of Airile 

The Right on the Earl of Bessborough.

The Right Hon. the Earl of Brownlow

The Right Hon the Earl of Howe

The Right Hon. Earl  of Lindsey

The Right Hon. the Earl of Rothes

The Right Hon. the Earl of Ranfurly

The Right Hon, the Earl of Shrewsbury and Talbot.

The Right Hon. the Earl of Strathmore

The Right Hon. the Earl  of Roselyn

The Right Hon the Earl of Harrowby 

The Right on the Earl of Westmoreland 

The Right Hon. Earl Spencer

The Right Hon. Earl Fortescue

The Right Hon. Earl Vane

The Right on, the Countess of Stair

The Right Hon. Viscount Seaham

The Right Hon. Viscountess Castlereagh.

The Right Hon. Viscount Duncan

The Right Hon. Viscount Eversley

The Right Rev. the Lord Bishop of Durham
           

COLUMN 3

The Right Rev. the Lord Bishop of Ripon

The Right Rev. the Lord Bishop of Killaloe

The Highs Hon. Lord Bagot 

The Right Hon. Lord Monck 

The Right Hon. Lord Hatherton 

The Right Hon. Lord Kinnaird 

The Right Hon. Lord Lovat 

The Right Hon. Lord Rollo

The Right Hon. Lord Braybrooke 

The Right Hon. Lord Blantyre

The Right Hon. Lord Berwick 

The Right Hon. Lord Halliburton

 The Right Hon. Lord Churchill 

The Right Hon. Lord Ossulston

The Right Hon. Lord Portman

The Right Hon. Lord Vernon 

The Right Hon. Lord Willoughby de Broke 

The Right Hon. Lord Cremorne 

The Right Hon. Lord Dalrymple 

The Right Hon. Lord Elibank 

The Right Hon. Leri Inchiquin 

The Right Hon. Lord Panmore 

The Right Hon. Lord Rokeby 

The Right Hon. Lord Rayleigh 

The Right Hon. Lord Binning 

The Right Hon. Lord Ashtoun

The Right Hon. Lord Hume

The Right Hon Lord Stanley 

The Right Hon. Lord James Murray 

The Right Hon. Lord Berners

The Right Hon. Lord Harris

The Right Hon. Lord Kingsdown 

The Right Hon. Lord Rivers 

The Right Hon. Lord Taunton.

The Right Hon. Lord Oranmore 

The Hon. Q. L Butler 

The Hon. C. S. Cowper 

The Hon, Captain Duncombe 

The Hon. Ashley Ponsonby.

The Hon. E. Coke.

The Hon. Captain Drummond.

The Hon.  Francis Drummond 

The Hon. John Ashley

The Hon, Captain Arbuthnott 

The Hon. Sir Edward Butler, Bart. 

The Hon. Sidney R. Curzon.

The Hon. J. J. Carnegie
 

COLUMN 4           

The Hon. William Maule.

The Hon. Major Murray

The Lord Chief Baron Sir Frederick Pollock.

Hon and Rev, C. A.  Harris

Hon, and Rev. W. H. Spencer,

Sir A. C. Gibson Maitland   Bart.

Sir John Ogilvy, Bart.

Sir William Scott  Bart.

Sir James Campbell, Bart

Sir  William Heathcote, Bart.

Sir  Thomas Moncrieff, Bart.

Sir William Middleton, Bart.

Sir James Matheson,  Bart.

Sir William Codrington, Bart.

Sir John Lowther, Bart.

Sir  William Gordon Cumming,   Bart.

Sir G. H. Scott Douglas Bart.

Sir Edward Dering,  Bart.

Bir John Duntze, Bart.

Si James Fergusson,  Bart.

Sir Robert Gerard, Bart.

Sir James Graham, Bart.

Sir W. W. James, Bart.

Sir William, Ross Mahon, Bart.

Sir J. H.. Maxwell, Bart.

Sir Robert Peel, Bart 

Sir William Gibson Craig, Bart.

Sir J. Richardson,  Bart.

Sir Peter Murray Thriepland, Bart.

Sir David Baird, Bart.

Sir Edward Blackett, Bart.

Sir Graham Montgomery, Bart. 

Bir John Maxwell, Bart.

Sir Offley Wakeman, Bart.

Sir Hedgworth Williamson, Bart.

Sir John Warrender, Bart 

Sir Hugh Dalrymple, Bart.

Sir Adam Hay, Bart.

Sir Ralph Abercromby, Bart.

 Sir John Watson Gordon, Bart.

Sir John Kirkland, Bart. 

Sir David Cunnyngham, Bart.

Sir Charles Wake,  Bart.

Sir John M. Bergoyne, Bart.

Sir Edward Colebrook,  Bart.

Sir Philp Duncombe, Bart.

Sir Archibald Macdonald.


Besides numbers of other well known and distinguished 'persons both in this country and abroad.

NO PERSON HAVING A LAWN SHOULD BE WITHOUT A MOWING MACHINE.

1st, Because it economises labour. A man will mow as much in three hours with a Machine as he will do in ten hours with a Scythe.

24, Because the Machine does the work not only more expeditiously, but cleaner and better.

3d, Because the close cutting and simultaneous rolling of the Machine improves the appearance of the turf, and this cannot be done with the Scythe. 4th, Because the Grass may be eat at any time with the Machine, whereas to mow with the Scythe it is necessary to wait for wel or dewy mornings

5th, Beesuse nothing looks better than a well-kept Lawn; and as it is very difficult to keep the Grass down in early spring in mall Gardens, where no regular Gardener is kept, the best of reasons is obtained why a Machine should be used. lat, Because you are relleved from the annoyance of waiting, and of being oftes disappointed, by the Gardener finding it impossible to come at the appointed time. 24, Because with the mall Machine any Lady or Gentleman may keep the Lawa in order, and at the same time find pleasant and healthful amusement in doing so.

The first practical Gardeners of the day, who have devoted their attention in examining all the different Lawn Mowers offered, do not hesitate in recommending Shanks Machine as the best Mower for general use. There is nothing in this Machine which is not of real practical worth; and this important consideration is apparently set aside by most Makers, whose struggles seem to be more for what is novel and attractive than for sterling merit.

The Important Improvements introduced into the Shanks' Patent Lawn Mower last season have undergone a thorough practical test, and satisfied the mast sanguine expectations. The Machine gained the only First Class Medal offered last season, and the highest recommendations wherever exhibited. The Impres having far more of real worth than mere novelly, have been much appreciated by the practical Gardener. Still further improvements have been introduced into the Machine this season, the effect of which will still farther establish the high character it has already gained as the most complete, the cheapest, and most durable Lava Mowing Machine extant. The style in which the work is execated cannot be surpassed-being very much neater than the scythe, while at half the expense-and it is quite inmaterial whether the Laws be level or otherwise, or whether the Grass be wet or dry.

The Silent Movement has just been most successfully introduced into the Machines this season, whereby the noise occasioned by the working of the wheels entirely obviated. The Cogs of the Wheels are not composed of the old-fashioned and faulty Pin system, which may lesson noise to some extent; they are made in the ordinary way, with ample bearing on each other, but so constructed and composed of Patent Material as to be quite silent in working. The cost of introducing the Silent Movement into the Hand Machine is 74. 6d.; Pony and Donkey Machine, 158.; Horse Machine, 25, extra to price of the Machine as per Price List under.

                                                            SHANKS NEW PATENT HORSE MACHINE

Including Box of Tools for Sharpening, &c. and Directions..
No.1 -48-inch Machine ... £28 0 0 } Drawn by a Horse.
No.2 -42-inch Machine .. 26 0 0 } Drawn by a Horse.
No.3 -36-inch Machine .. 22 0 0 } Drawn by a Horse.
No.4 -30-inch Machine .. 19 0 0 Drawn by a Horse or strong Pony.

                                                                  Boots for Horses' Feet, 24s  per set.

SHANKS NEW PATENT HAND MACHINES, FOR PUSHING OR DRAWING SEPARATELY OR TOGETHER.

Including Box of Tools for Sharpening, &c. and Directions..
No.5 -30-inch Machine ... £15 15 0 } Drawn by a Pony..
No.6 -28-inch Machine .. 14 10 0 } Drawn by a Pony.
No.7 -25-inch Machine .. 12 10 0 Drawn by a Donkey.

                                                         Boots for a Pony, 21s ; Donkey, 16s per set.

    SHANKS NEW PATENT HAND MACHINES FOR PUSHING OR DRAWING SEPARATELY OR TOGETHER

Including Box of Tools for Sharpening, &c. and Directions..
No. 8-24-inch Machine.. .. ,, £8 17 6 } Easily worked by Two Men.
No. 9-22-inch Machine. .. .. 8 7 6 } Easily worked by Two Men.
No. 10-19-inch Machine.. .. .. 7 12 6 Easily worked by a Man or Boy.
Including Box of Tools for Sharpening, &c. and Directions..
No. 11-16-inch Machine..         .. ,, £6 17 6 Easily worked by a Man.
No. 12- 13-inch Machine. .. .. 6 2 6 } Easily worked by a Boy.
No. 16-12-inch Machine.. .. .. 5 5 0 .} Easily worked by a Boy.

                               The Patent Delivering Apparatus if attached to the Hand Machines, 20s. extra. 

The Machines are warranted to give ample satisfaction, and if not approved of may be at once returned. The Prices, with a small charge for packing, include delivery at most of the Railway Stations in England.

SOLE AGENTS FOR LONDON

J. B. BROWN & CO., 18, CANNON STREET, CITY, LONDON, E.C.

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Gardeners Chronicle
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