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CHAPTER X. 
ROCK-WORK, MOSS-HOUSES, RUSTIC BASKETS, 
AND FOUNTAINS. 
Mock-work, though composed of somewhat 
ponderous materials, is very frequently ar¬ 
ranged according to female taste; and one of 
the most remarkable examples in England 
(that at the Hoole, near Chester,) was de¬ 
signed by a lady, and executed entirely 
under her direction. There are many kinds 
of rock-work; but they may be all described 
as collections of fragments of rocks, stones, 
flints, vitrified bricks, scoriae, and similar 
materials, so arranged as to afford a striking 
object in the landscape; and, at the same 
time, so as to form a number of little nests or 
crevices for the reception of alpine plants. 
