James Lillywhite's Cricketers' Annual 1885

S H A N K S ' IMPROVED PATENT LAWN MOWER. U N D E RT H EP A T R O N A G EO F HER MOST GRACIOUS MAJESTY THE QUEEN , A n dmost of the Principal Nobility of Great Britain ; their Majesties the Emperors of Germany, Austria , Russia , and Brazil , &c., &c. T H EB E S TM O W E R S H A N K S PATENT ARBROATH& LONDON F O R C R I C K E T G R O U N D . H A R E M A C H I N EF O RH A N DP O W E R . Shanks's Patent Lawn Mowers are all fitted with patent double -edged sole -plates , wind guards , and self -sharpening revolving cutters , advantages possessed by no other Machines . " Illustrated Circulars , with full particulars , sent free on application . Shanks's Patent LawnMowers are the only ones used at " Prince's Cricket Ground, Hans Place , and by the Marylebone Cricket Club , at Lord's . These L a w nMowersare in daily use in all the RoyalGardens, andin mostof the Principal Parks andGardens throughout the Kingdom. There is no ribbing when these Machines are used ; the sward is left as smooth and level as a Billiard Table. A. S H A N K S& S O N, D E N SI R O NW O R K S , A R B R, A N D 27, L E A D E N H A L LS T R E E T, L O N D O N. A large Stock of Machines always kept in London . Orders are executed same day as received .