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Definition of Rockery
1. Noun. A garden featuring rocks; usually alpine plants.
Definition of Rockery
1. n. A mound formed of fragments of rock, earth, etc., and set with plants.
Definition of Rockery
1. Noun. a section of a garden made from decorative rocks and alpine plants ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Rockery
1. a rock garden [n -ERIES]
Medical Definition of Rockery
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Lexicographical Neighbors of Rockery
Literary usage of Rockery
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Cyclopedia of American Horticulture: Comprising Suggestions for Cultivation by Liberty Hyde Bailey, Wilhelm Miller (1902)
"(In a rockery conditions are such that it is almost Impossible to extirpate ...
A rock garden or rockery is, or should be, an imitation (though of necessity ..."
2. The Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture: A Discussion for the Amateur, and by Liberty Hyde Bailey (1916)
"With such a variety of aspects and conditions, this rockery is able to ...
In the deeper recesses of the rockery are to be found the large-leaved saxifrages ..."
3. The American Flower Garden Companion by Edward Sayers (1838)
"Forming and Planting the rockery. The rockery, is perhaps one of the best features
of the flower garden and is particularly adapted to this climate : its ..."
4. The Gardener's Magazine and Register of Rural and Domestic Improvement by J C Loudon (1839)
"34, Subterraneous passage, leading to and from the rockery and natural fountain.
... 61, House and rockery for eagles. 62, Structure for rapacious birds. ..."
5. Lawns and Gardens: How to Plant and Beautify the Home Lot, the Pleasure by Nils Jönsson-Rose (1897)
"A slight mound of soil forms the main body of the rockery, and in this the various
bowlders ... In other parts the rockery may be quite low and depressed, ..."
6. The English Illustrated Magazine (1908)
"Some of these may be placed prominently so that the rockery stands out at ...
If space allow, the configuration of the rockery may assume the form of ..."
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