( 5b ) 
but it mult be obferved in this Place, that formerly 
when R°° ts were very dear, they did not plant them 
o thick as they do now; and that they have alwavs 
fame Regard to the Size of the Roots, placing the larg- 
eftat a S reate F Diftance than the fmall ones 
1 he Quantity of Roots planted in an Acre is gene- 
rally about fixteen Quarters, or iz8 Bulhels, which 
according to the Distances left between them, as before 
ntiignec, and fuppofing them all to be an Inch in Dia- 
NumbT/ Wlth an ° ther ’ ° Ught t0 am ° Unt t0 391 °4° ln 
from the Time that the Roots are planted, till about 
the Beginning of September, or fometimes later there 
is no more Labour about them ; but as they then begin 
to fpire, and are ready to Ihew themfelves above Ground, 
which is known by digging a few out of the Earth, the 
Ground mull: be carefully pared with a (harp Hough, 
and the Weeds, * c . raked into the Furrows, becaufe 
otherwife they would hinder the Growth of the 
1 lants. 
In feme Time after appear the Saffron Flowers and 
T| Ib Fi ds US t0 t le tl ] Ird Branch of °ur prefent Method, 
ihe FiQwers are gathered as well before, as after thev 
are full blown, and the molt proper Time for this is 
early in the Morning. The Owners of the Saffron 
get together a fufccient Number of Hands, who place 
themfelves in different Parts of the Field, ’pull off the 
whole Flowers, and throw them Handful by Handful 
into a Basket ; and fo continue till all the Flowers are 
o’ Clock ’ W11Ch happenS commonl y at, out ten or eleven 
Having then carried home all they have got, they 
immediately fpread them upon a large Table, and plac- 
ing themfelves round if, they fall to picking out the 
Fiiamenta Styli, or Chives, and together with them, a 
G 8 S S pretty 
