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Hoppes require to be planted in a very rich wetf 

 foyled land j, and not moorilh, unlefle the bop, be firit 

 well drey ned , the fhonger the let ts are, the more 

 immediately will proftu arife from the Garden, it' 

 three or four inches about , they are fo much the 

 better, let the center of the hills be tela foot removed 

 each from other,that ib you may put the morepoleson 

 a hill ,and both the fun and pio>v may have free pafiage 

 between them i thofe tint have lefs ground make 

 leffe diliances, and toyle their garden with the fpade, 

 and put but three poles to a hill,whereas fuch as plane 

 9 o: 10 foote cittance,ufe four at the leaft , if not five* 

 In planting , winch is thought to be ben 1 cone , when 

 the frolts are pah\(fome prefcribe^'pi/forthe feafori) 

 there is nothing required bur that they be fet about 

 the center of the place, intended for the Hill upon 

 tiie plain furface of the ground in good mould, about 

 three, four,or five in number according to the bignefs 

 of the Hill intended, and ordered with the ufuall 

 care of offsets : befides this particular that as the fets 

 grow the hill mult be raifed to their heids. 



SarF on delights in a reafonable cood and dry li^hc 

 ground, nor extreimly foyled brtnbift, 'tis plant- 

 ed cheifly in fome parts 'of EiTex , h:rTolke, and be- 

 tween thit and Cambridge, at Saffron-Walden, They 

 are fet in the manner of bulbous roots, being taken 

 when the bulbeis at the fulled, commonly about 

 Midfummer , the bulbs are fet by a line ^ (that the 

 beds may be weeded with a hoe ) and that either with, 

 afetting flick or by trenches niadein the manner 

 of thofe wherein garden peafe are ufiully fowed. This 

 beires in the middle of the flower three chives,which 

 is the Saffron,to be gathered every mornins. early and 

 * dryed for life , every ierond or third year at the fur- 

 theft the beds muft be replanted, and the offsets 

 (drawn away, h .. TJas 



