Shanks Advertisement in Gardeners Chronicle

SHANKS' NEW IMPROVED PATENT

LAWN MOWING, ROLLING, COLLECTING, and DELIVERING MACHINE for 1862.

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SHANKS' MOWING and ROLLING MACHINE is in successful operation in Her Majesty's Gardens at Kew, Windsor, Buckingham Palace, Hampton Court, Osborne, and Balmoral; in the Gardens of the Emperor of the French; in the grounds of His Royal Highness the Prince of Prussia; and in many other places throughout the Continent, as well as in the United States, British America, India, Australia, and other parts abroad. It is also used in most of the Gardens of the principal Nobility and chief Landed Proprietors in the Kingdom, and everywhere its merits have been fully proved and its success established.

TESTIMONIALS

From Mr. GEORGE EYLES, late Chief Superintendent of the Grounds and entire Horticultural Department of the Crystal Palace, Sydenham, and now Superintendent of the Royal Horticultural Society's New Gardens, Kensington Gore, and the Gardens, Chiswick-in favour of Shank's Patent Lawn Mower-(the 30-inch Horse-power Machine used on the Lawns of the Crystal Palace).
Crystal Palace, December 20, 1859.
I have much pleasure in bearing testimony to the excellence of the 30-inch Shanks' Patent Lawn Mowing Machine you sent us. We have had it in use almost daily up to the end of the mowing season, and it has always performed its work in the most satisfactory manner, and has never been once out of repair. The contrivance for emptying the Grass-box is a great acquisition, and effects a considerable saving of time.

Mr. J. SMITH, Royal Gardens, Kew, July 26, 1861.
I herewith send you a check in payment for the Shanks' Mowing Machine (a 42-inch Horse Machine), lately supplied to this Garden. The Machine gives perfect satisfaction, and is in daily use nine hours a day. Our old Shanks's Machine (a 42-inch Horse Machine, supplied 14 years ago to Kew Gardens), has all along worked well, and it does not mind wet and long Grass. It is astonishing the amount of work it has done, and has given us complete satisfaction.

Mr. ANDREW TOWARD, Royal Gardens, Osborne, Isle of Wight.
It gives me much pleasure to add my testimony to the utility of your Grass Cutting Machine, which has been in constant use here for two seasons, and has given great satisfaction, in doing its work both quick and well.

Mr. GEORGE WYNESS, Buckingham Palace Gardens.
We have had one of your 42-inch Grass Cutting and Rolling Machines in constant use (wet) and dry), during the past summer, and I have much pleasure in saying it has given the most perfect satisfaction with respect to the expeditious and effective manner in which it has performed its work. I can confidently recommend its use to every one who has any extent of lawn to keep in order, as it is a great saving of manual labour, and does its work in a much neater manner than the scythe.

Mr. THOMAS INGRAM, Royal Gardens, Frogmore, Windsor.
The Mowing Machine you sent here has given the greatest satisfaction, and is a great saving of labour. 

JOHN SPENCER, Esq., Factor to the Most Hon. the MARQUIS of LANSDOWNE, Bowood, Wilts.
August 19, 1861.
The Shanks' Horse Machine you sent me is now doing its work quite as well as it did in 1847, (14 years ago) and this is saying all that can be said of its great value and durability, for within the time named it has cut annually from 40 to 50 acres of Grass 5 times over, and frequently the Grass has been long and difficult to get over. I have no doubt that good as your earlier machines were, those you now turn out are superior in many respects, and next spring I shall take a 42-inch one for myself, and shall feel great pleasure in recommending your really valuable machine whenever I have the opportunity.

Mr. G. FLEMING, Chief Gardener to His Grace the DUKE of SUTHERLAND, Trentham.
It is with much satisfaction I give my testimony in favour of your admirable Machines for Cutting and Rolling Grass. There are two of them in almost daily use in these grounds during summer, by which a great saving in labour is effected, and an improved state of the turf. I believe there is a general impression that the Machines only work well when the Grass is dry. I find that they work equally well when the Grass is wet.

Mr. HARLEY, Gardener to THOMAS CHAMBERLYNE, Esq. Cranberry Park, near Winchester.
The Gardens, Cranberry Park, July 5, 1859.
I am happy to be able to add my testimony to the high merits of the Shanks' 30-inch New Horse Lawn Mowing Machine which you sent me. I have put it to work in its trials on rough and uneven ground which had only been once mown this year with a Scythe. It surpassed all my expectations, as it likewise did my employer and other gentlemen who witnessed its working. When taken on the lawn, where it had a better chance of showing its power, nothing could possibly excel it; after cutting, and the Grass being removed, the lawn never before looked half so well as it did then. I am quite sure that I shall be able to pay the expense of the Machine this year in the labor saved from the use of the scythe-and not only that, but it leaves the turf in such fine condition. My opinion is that no one should be without Shanks' Machine, as I believe it to be, without exception, the best I ever saw worked. The self-acting apparatus for delivering the Grass is the most complete thing brought out in any Mowing Machine invention.

Mr. W. ELLIOTT, Chief Gardener to The Right Hon. the MARQUIS of STAFFORD, Lilleshall, Salop.
Your Grass Cutting and Rolling Machine continues to give great satisfaction. For quickness and economy of labour I am certain there is nothing to equal it. Turf operated upon by it has a much finer appearance than when done by the scythe.

Mr. SHEARER, Gardener to the MARQUIS of TWEEDDALE, Yester Garden.
Allow me to congratulate you on the success of your improved Grass Cutting Machine, which we got the other day from you, especially the delivering part. It is a mechanical triumph, and acts far beyond my expectation, and it performs all you say in your prospectus. We can now go on the whole day without stopping, except to oil the parts that require it. The men are quite in love with it-a good proof of its utility.

Mr. JAMES MITCHELL, Gardener to His Grace the DUKE of SUTHERLAND, Dunrobin Castle, Sutherlandshire.
I am happy to say that the new Mowing Machine got from you last Spring, turned out most satisfactory. It is a great improvement on the old make, particularly as regards the Delivering apparatus, which is an admirable contrivance, and effects a great saving of time. Altogether, it did its work well.

Mr. MACKIE, Gardener to His Grace the DUKE of ATHOLE, The Gardens, Dunkeld. 
After repeated trials with our Grass Cutting Machine, as now fitted up with your delivering apparatus, I have much pleasure in saying that I now consider your Machines complete. We can now do as much work in six hours as we used to do in ten hours with the old plan of stopping to empty the Grass-box, and with far greater ease both to man and horse.  

Mr. JOHN RICHARDSON, Gardener to JOSEPH PEASE. Esq., Southend Gardens, near Darlington. 
Your Lawn Mowing Machine is the best of any I have yet used, doing the work speedily and well. The Delivering Apparatus is a decided improvement, and the best recommendation it can have is its own simplicity.

Mr. J. KIDD, Gardener to The Right Hon. the EARL of AIRLIE, Cortachy Castle, Forfarshire.
After the season's trial of your new and improved Mowing and Rolling Machine, I feel highly satisfied with the manner it does the work in every way; and as regards the apparatus for emptying the Grass-box, I consider it a very great saving, both of time and labour, as the Machine does not require to be stopped to have the Grass-box emptied. Before I got this Machine nearly half the time was taken up to stop to have the Grass-box emptied. There is another improvement which was not on my last Machine, viz., the arrangement of the Cutters either to cut long or short Grass; it is now so simple that any of my men can alter it in five minutes.

Mr. THOMAS SMITH, Gardener to The Most Noble the MARQUIS of LONDONDERRY, Mount Stuart Gardens, Ireland.
I have much pleasure in stating that your 42-inch Mowing Machine, which has been in use during the past season, has given entire satisfaction, The Grass being delivered while the horse goes along is a great acquisition.

Mr. JAS. MOIR, Gardener to The Right Hon. LORD LOVAT, Beaufort Castle, Beauly.
I am happy to have it in my power to add my testimony to the utility of your Improved Grass-Cutting Machines. The Delivering Apparatus works admirably, and is a great saving of time. I think no one having a Lawn to keep should be without a Mowing Machine with your Improvements.

JOHN GRANT, Esq., of Kilgraston, Perthshire.
If you think proper you may add my testimony to the excellent working of your Mowing Machines. I keep a lawn and verges in complete order with mine, the whole being mown and the Grass carried away in three hours, which I think could not be effected under two days' labour of 10 men in the ordinary manner: a man, a boy, and a horse doing the work with the Mowing Machine.

Sir JOHN H. MAXWELL, Bart., of Springell, Ecclefechan, N.B.
Several gentlemen in this quarter who have seen the Machine working approve of it highly, and regret having already provided themselves with one from another maker. 

R. K. GOODE, Esq., of Heather Hall, Ashby-de-la-Zouch.
The Machine does its work far better than can be done with the scythe, and at half the expense.

The Hon. M. F. T. BERKELEY, Berkeley Castle.
I have found your Mowing Machine answer perfectly. It does its work well, cutting closer and more evenly than the scythe; collects and delivers the Grass, thereby saving much time and labour.

Sir JOHN BURGOYNE, Bart., Sutton Park, St. Neot's.
The Lawn Mower (a No. 9 22-inch Hand Machine with Patent Delivering Apparatus), hast arrived quite safe, and answers admirably, and mows better and in less time than it is possible for two men to do.

Mr. ELIJAH DEAN, Gr. to The Right Hon. the EARL of HARROWBY, Sandon Hall, Staffordshire.
I shall not fail to recommend your Shanks's Mowing Machine (a 30-inch, No. 4). In fact I have had two or three parties to look at it who have had Shanks's Machines already, and they pronounced this much superior in many respects, doing its work both easier for the horse and man. We work it four days per week, and it makes first-rate work; and when we did the work with the scythes we had six or seven men regularly every morning, and nearly the whole of the day, and then we could not get over it once in a fortnight.

Mr. WILLIAM DAVIDSON, Landscape Gardener, 22, Clifton Villas, Maida Hill, London.
The Mowing Machine you sent to Mr. Mitchell, Enderby, does its work beautifully.

Mr. W. FORD, Steward to W. AMHURST, Esq., Diddlington Park, Brandon, Norfolk.
I beg to forward your cheque, and to assure you that the Mowing Machine gives very great satisfaction.

Mr. HENRY DAVIS, Gardener to J. H. HULBERT, Esq., Broomfield, Great Stanmore.
The Mowing Machine you sent us does its work very well, and it is in consequence of its giving such satisfaction that I have to order another one of the same for C. R. Rackstrow, Esq., of The Limes.

THOMAS PRICKETT, Esq., The Avenue, Bridlington.
I have pleasure in enclosing you a cheque for the Lawn Mowing Machine, which works to my entire satisfaction. 

The Rev. W. AMOS, Braceboro' Rectory, Stamford. The Rev. W. Amos begs to enclose the cheque due to Messrs. Brown & Co., and to say that the Machine gives great satisfaction.

Mr. THOMAS CAMPBELL, Gardener to the Rev. F. HOPWOOD, Winwick Hall, near Warrington.
I am happy to state that the Mowing Machines (25-inch pony and 16-inch hand) answer admirably.

HENRY J. B. HANCOCK, Esq., Birchfield, Isle of Wight.
I have to acknowledge the receipt of the Wire Netting and Mowing Machine, both of which afford us much satisfaction. The Mowing Machine works admirably.

The Rev. J. E. NEWELL, Rector, Bromley, Kent.
I enclose a cheque for our Shanks' Mowing Machine, the action of which continues to be very satisfactory. My gardener says he gets on as well by himself as he did before with the aid of a boy and a donkey.

J. B. FLETCHER, Esq., Busted Lodge, Bognor.
I have used the machine, and like it very much. It has done its work in a very satisfactory manner.

H. T. WELCH, Esq., Lech Hall, Thirkly, Lonsdale, Westmoreland.
I forward you a cheque for the amount of your account. I am quite delighted with the Machine. I consider it a most perfect instrument.

Monsieur MANIEZ, St. Pierre-les-Calais, France, May 28, 1862.

Je suis très satisfait de la Machine. Je l'ai essayée et elle fonctionne parfaitement bien. TRANSLATION.

I am very well pleased with the Mowing Machine. I have tried it, and it works perfectly.

SOLE AGENTS FOR LONDON: J. B. BROWN & CO., 18, CANNON STREET, CITY, E.C.