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Definition of Rockeries
1. rockery [n] - See also: rockery
Lexicographical Neighbors of Rockeries
Literary usage of Rockeries
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Home Floriculture: A Familiar Guide to the Treatment of Flowering and Other by Eben Eugene Rexford (1903)
"... L rockeries When properly made, on a lawn or in a yard of considerable size,
... thing will most likely be a burlesque on one of nature's rockeries. ..."
2. Gardens of Light and Shade by Bob Sketch (1886)
"... spar, and even gingerbeer-bottles and brown teapots have formed the incongruous
items of huge erections dignified by the name of grottoes or rockeries, ..."
3. Chamber's Encyclopaedia: A Dictionary of Universal Knowledge (1892)
"... especially valued for ornamenting rockeries. Some thirteen species are natives
of Britain, the best known of which is S. umbrosa, which, ..."
4. Pot-pourri Mixed by Two by Ethel Case (1914)
"... for Sleeplessness—rockeries in Autumn—Cuttings— Sending for the Doctor—The
Swarming of the Bees—Vegetable Recipes. I TOOK a friend over yesterday to see ..."
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