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Collection, Preservation and Display of Old Lawn Mowers

Ferrabee Advertisement in Gardeners Chronicle

  • MOWING MACHINES. - BUDDING'S, SHANKS'S, and GREEN'S, with all the recent improvements - MAPPLEBECK & LOWE, Machinists and Manufacturers, Birmingham. Drawings and full particulars on application. 

    BY HER MAJESTY'S ROYAL LETTERS PATENT.

    FERRABEE'S IMPROVED MOWING MACHINES FOR LAWNS, PLEASURE GROUNDS, CRICKET FIELDS, CEMETERIES, &c. - Those who wish to obtain the most useful MOWING MACHINES for any situation, at the most moderate prices, are respectfully invited to read JAMES FERRABEE & CO'S ILLUSTRATED DESCRIPTIVE CIRCULAR, which will be sent free by post on application.

    The following is an extract from the letter of a gentleman ordering a Machine:-

    "Tn. April 6, 1859.

    "Sirs, - The recommendations of different friends who have tried different Mowing Machines have been puzzling me for several weeks as to my own selection. Your explanatory particulars, received to-day, removed all wavering from my mind on the point, and determined me to have a Machine from you."

    "To Messrs. Ferrabee & Co."

    JAMES FERRABEE & Co., Phoenix Iron Works, Stroud, Gloucestershire.

    Publication
    Gardeners Chronicle
    Date
    Source
    BHL/Gardeners Chronicle/1859