. The Gardeners' chronicle and agricultural gazette . AND MOST OF THEFRIKTCIFAL NOBILITY GREAT BRITAIN. AWARDED THE FIRST PRIZESILVER MEDAL. PARIS UNIVERSAL EXHIBITION, 1867. NEW HAND MACHINE. ALEXANDER SHANKS and SON haye for some time past been making tie BEVOLVING CUTTER of their MACHINJiS SELF-SHARPENING, that is, with steel onboth sides of each blade, so that when the Cutter becomes blunt by running one way, it can be reversed, thus bringing the opposite or sharp edge of the Cutter to act againstthe Sole Plate. In addition to this, A. S. and SON have made the SOLE PLATE or BOTTOM BLADE of


. The Gardeners' chronicle and agricultural gazette . AND MOST OF THEFRIKTCIFAL NOBILITY GREAT BRITAIN. AWARDED THE FIRST PRIZESILVER MEDAL. PARIS UNIVERSAL EXHIBITION, 1867. NEW HAND MACHINE. ALEXANDER SHANKS and SON haye for some time past been making tie BEVOLVING CUTTER of their MACHINJiS SELF-SHARPENING, that is, with steel onboth sides of each blade, so that when the Cutter becomes blunt by running one way, it can be reversed, thus bringing the opposite or sharp edge of the Cutter to act againstthe Sole Plate. In addition to this, A. S. and SON have made the SOLE PLATE or BOTTOM BLADE of their MACHINE for the Season of 1868 with TWO EDGES—.one in front, as usual, and one in reserve at the back; when the front edge gets worn down, the plate has only to be unscrewed and the unused edge brought to the front. Itwill be seen at a glance that this arrangement enables the cutting parts to last twice as long as in other Machines, where the single-edged sole plate must be entirely renewedwhen the edge is worn down. A. S. and SON have also introduced a WIND GUARD into their MACHINE for this Sea«on. Every Gardener knows that


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