Systema agriculturæ, the mystery of husbandry discovered treating of the several new and most advantagious ways of tilling, planting, sowing, manuring, ordering, improving of all sorts of gardens, orchards, meadows, pastures, corn-lands, woods & coppices, as also of fruits, corn, grain, pulse, new-hays, cattle, fowl, beasts, bees, silk-worms, &c. : with an account of the several instruments and engines used in this profession : to which is added Kalendarium rusticum, or, The husbandmans monthly directions, also the prognosticks of dearth, scarcity, plenty, sickness, heat, cold, frost, snow, winds, rain, hail, thunder, &c. and Dictionarium rusticum, or, The interpretation of rustick terms, the whole work being of great use and advantage to all that delight in that most noble practice.

NOVEMBER.

Day	Sun rise. h. m.	Sun set. h. m.
1	Alhallontide.
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3
4
5	Powder-plot.
6	7 45	4 15	Leonard.
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8
9			Virgiliae, or the Seven Stars set in the morning.
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11	Martin-mas.		The Bulls Eye sets in the morning.
12	Sun in Sagit.
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14
15
16	8 00	4 00	Edmund.
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18
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20
21
22			Cor Scorpii rise in the morning.
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24
25			Last three bright Stars in the middle of Scorpio rise in the morning.
26	8 10	3 50
27			The Bulls Eye riseth in the evening.
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29			The Middle-stars of Andromeda's Gir∣dle rise in the morning.
30	S. Andrew Ap.

—Hyems Ignava Colono.

NOvember generally proves a dirty Month, the Earth and Trees wholly uncloathed. Sowing of Wheat and Rye on a conclusion: the Countryman generally forsakes the Fields, and spends his time at the Barn, and at the Market. A good fire begins to be welcome.

Wheat may yet be sown on very warm and rich Lands, espe∣cially on burn-baited Land.

Fat Swine are now fit for slaughter: lessen your Stocks of Poultry and Swine.

Thrash not Wheat to keep until March, lest it prove foisty.

Lay Straw, or other waste Stuff in moist places, to rot for Dung: Also lay Dung on heaps.

Fell Coppice-woods, and plant all sorts of Timber, or other Trees: fell Trees for Mechanick uses; as Plough-boot, Cart-boot, &c.

Break Hemp and Flax.

Now may you begin to overflow or drown your Meadows that are fed low.

Destroy Ant-hills.

PEase and Beans may now be set; some say Garlick: also trench or dig Gardens.

Remove and plant Fruit-trees; furnish your Nursery with Stocks against the Spring.

Yet may you make Cider of hard fruits that are not pulpy.

Prune Trees; mingle your rich Compost with the Earth in your Orchards against the Spring.

Some very hard Fruits may yet be gathered.

Lay up Carrots, Parsnips, Turnips, Cabbages, Colleflowers, &c. either for your use, or to transplant for Seed at the Spring: cover the Asparagus-beds, Artichoaks, Strawberries, and other tender Plants, with Long-dung, Horse-litter, Straw, or suchlike, to preserve them from the bitter Frosts. Also dig up Liquorice.

Now is the best season to plant the fairest Tulips, if the wea∣ther prove not very bitter.

Cover with Mattresses, Boxes, Straw, &c. the tender Seed∣lings.

Plant Roses, Lilac, and several other Plants and Flowers, the weather being open.

As yet you may sow Nuts, Stones, &c.

Now carry Dung into your Hop-garden, and mix it with store of Earth, that it may rot against the Spring.

You may this Month stop up your Bees close, so that you leave breathing vents; or you may house them till March.

Notes

• Virgil.
• Garden and Orchard.
• Hop-garden.
• Apiary.