The Herbalist's Quiz
Planets, virtues and sovereign remedies — rank from Patient to Master Herbalist.
From Culpeper’s Complete Herbal, 1653
Quizzes
We built these quizzes ourselves, from the information in the books — our games on the books' knowledge, not tests reprinted from their pages.
The Victorian Garden Quiz
Hulme, Hibberd and two hundred familiar flowers — rank from Window-Box Beginner to Head Gardener.
From Familiar Garden Flowers, 1879
The Herbarist's Quiz
Three gardens, the vertues, and the Barnacle Tree — rank from Vnlearned to Master of Simples.
From Gerard's Herball, 1927
Guess the House
A photograph game from the 1908 book — thirty great houses, identified from their portraits.
From Historic Houses and Their Gardens, 1908
Which Historic House Would You Live In?
A 1908 personality quiz: Blenheim, the Taj Mahal, a Natchez colonial — where do you belong?
From Historic Houses and Their Gardens, 1908
The Kew Gardener’s Quiz
Stove plants, natural orders and the starred species — rank from Visitor to Curator of Kew.
From The Illustrated Dictionary of Gardening, 1884