332 ROCK-WORK. [chap. x. 
round the roots of the plants, which are 
planted among it. 
Many other specimens of rock-work might 
be mentioned^ particularly that of the Rev. 
J. Clowes at Lower Bought on Hall, near 
Manchester^ that of Mrs. Lawrence at Dray¬ 
ton; that of the late Duke of Bedford at Wo¬ 
burn, and that of Thomas Millie, Esq. at St. 
Clair Town, in Perthshire; but the most re¬ 
markable of all is that of Lady Bough ton, at 
the Hoole, near Chester, which, indeed, 
stands quite alone, the only one of its kind. 
The design for this rock-work was taken 
from a small model, representing the moun¬ 
tains of Savoy, with the valley of Chamouni; 
and the rocks are made sufficiently large to 
give a person walking among them, an idea 
of their reality. The labour of forming this 
rock-work was very great; not only from the 
large size of the stones to be removed, but 
from the difficulty of getting them of the 
proper colours and shapes. Besides this, it 
was very difficult to make it stand against 
the weather. “ Rain washed away the soil, 
and frost swelled the stones: and several 
times the main wall failed from the weight 
