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ROCK-WORK. 
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The mode of arranging these materials de¬ 
pends entirely upon taste; and of course 
varies widely. The most natural kind of 
rock work, is like that at Redleaf, near Tun¬ 
bridge Wells; where Mr. Wells, the pro¬ 
prietor, taking, what Mr, Loudon calls the 
key-note, from the natural scenery of the 
neighbourhood, has made his rocks appear 
“ to crop out” of the soil, as though naturally, 
in such situations as to give the best effect 
to the scenery. The plants deposited in the 
hollows of these rocks, are so admirably 
placed, and the art with which they are cul¬ 
tivated, is so skilfully concealed, that no illu¬ 
sion can be more complete; and w T e may fancy 
ourselves in a scene of nature, but of nature 
in her greatest beauty and highest luxuriance. 
Very different is the rock-garden of the late 
Duke of Marlborough, in his private gardens 
at Blenheim. It is perhaps more beautiful 
than the rocks at Redleaf; but no one could 
possibly mistake it for anything but a work 
of art, and it owes its chief beauty to the 
plants grown in it. It is formed on a 
scar in the natural rock, which is hew r n 
into zigzag paths; on one side of each of 
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