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The Little Book of Knowledge.
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carnation layers, and plant them where they are to stand the winter, remove fruit trees from September till March, except in frost: set cuttings of bays, laurels, &c. Transplant most sorts of herbs and flowers, gather hops the beginning of this month, and sow your wheat and rye.

October—Sow beans and pease; sow all sorts of fruit-trees, as nuts, kernels and seeds, either for trees or stocks, in this or the next month; plant rose-trees and your bulbous roots of all sorts; plant all fruit-trees that have shed their leaves, drench stiff lands.

November—Sow beans and pease, prune all sorts of fruit-trees, and begin to cut and trim all wall-trees, lay up carrots, parsnips, cabbages, either for your use or feed, cover your asparagus and artichoaks set nuts and kernels; you may plant tulips, kill your swine at or near the full of the moon.

December—Set pease and beans if the weather be moderate, set and transplant all sorts of fruit-trees, especially such as are not very tender and subject to the injury of the frost, prune vines if the weather be open, nail and cut all sorts of fruit-trees, sow bay, and laurel berries dropping ripe.

The experienced Farrier, C(illegible text), Shepherd and swineheard, containing approved receipts and Medicines, for the cure of distempers in cattle, Horses, Kine, sheep and Hogs.

Horses.

FOR a galled back, take honey and unflockned lime (illegible text)eat, put it in a linen cloth, bind it close,