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N. sanguinea with N. Khasyana, or N. distillatoria as it is known 
in most establishments. It is curious that from the seed thus 
obtained two distinctly coloured forms should be raised, both 
exactly similar in shape and habit, but one much darker than the 
other, the lighter form possessing more of the true N. sanguinea 
colour. Both, however, bear the name given above, and it is not 
easy to distinguish them except in the tint of the pitchers. 
GEOS MAEOC GRAPE. 
No one can see the splendid crop of this handsome black Grape 
in Mr. Rivers’ Nursery at Sawbridgeworth without being impressed 
with a desire to add the variety to their collections. The Vines 
there are thoroughly established, being four or five years old, 
and thus the character of Gros Maroc has been well proved, and 
fairly too, for they are about the centre of a mixed house, and can¬ 
not thus be subjected to any special treatment as to soil and tem¬ 
perature. Almost every lateral produced a bunch, and some more 
than one. The bunches are hanging quite close enough together, 
and are of good size, while the berries have a noble appearance 
by their pleasing form and magnificent colour ; the quality also is 
very refreshing. 
In habit of growth Gros Maroc must be described as robust, in 
this respect bearing a close resemblance to Gros Colman. The 
Vine, therefore, needs more space for development than kinds of 
the Black Hamburgh character, and the rods should be quite 5 feet 
Fig. 44.—NEPENTHES MA8TERSIANA. 
apart. If worked on the spur system a firm yet good border would 
seem to be advisable, netted with fibres close to the surface. Firm 
6 hort-jointed wood would then be produced, essentially fruitful 
in its nature ; but a light rich border deeply penetrated by long 
thong-like roots would induce luxuriant growth, long-jointed, and 
probably fruitless, especially if closely pruned. 
It is not unlikely that the oldest system of all of training and 
pruning Vines would be particularly adapted to this variety—the 
extension system, not in its modified forms, which have passed for 
extension of late, but the system in its integrity. This consists in 
preparing a young cane and fruiting it its entire length, training 
another growth beside it at a proper distance for the next year’s 
crop, cutting out the “ old,” yet only two-year-old, fruiting cane 
entirely after the crop has been secured. This is extension whether 
the main stem of a Vine is trained horizontally along the front of 
a house or not, so as to produce canes for covering the entire roof. 
The so-called extension of the present day is a combination of the 
ancient or modern, or a number of rods trained from the same 
Btem, and each spurred as in the case of Vines restricted to one 
rod. With the old extension or “ long rod ” system there are no 
