Hop-scotch to hare-and-hounds, conjuring to chemistry, rabbits to rowing — the complete Victorian repertoire of things for a boy to do, set down with rules and diagrams.

The Noblest Kind of Gardening for Boys

2 pages in this part of Every Boy's Book.

The Noblest Kind of Gardening for Boys

There is one kind of gardening the results of which will afford a higher satisfaction to boys, when they become men, than any other pastime…

The Noblest Kind of Gardening for Boys: England

We will next turn to the selection of trees, and to the various wants of those who are likely to plant. The most popular trees in England…

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