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rockery|ˈrɒkərɪ|
[f. rock n.1 + -ery.]
1. An artificial heap or pile of rough stones and soil used for the ornamental growing of ferns and other plants. Also transf.
1845Florist Jrnl. 224 On the top and sides of the rockery,..many others of a similar nature may be placed. 1878Williams Midl. Railw. 406 These quarries form natural rockeries of vast size. 1880J. Fothergill Probation ii. xii, A kind of rockery which ran along one side of the terrace.
attrib.1892Garden 27 Aug. 190/1 C. decumbens..is a pretty and desirable rockery plant.
2. Natural rockwork.
1856Stanley Sinai & Pal. Introd. (1858) p. xlv, The two ranges, here of red sandstone, closed in upon the Nile..; fantastic rockery, deep sand-drifts, tombs and temples hewn out of the stone. |