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any preparation or reason appearing for it; but there are few places of 
any extent where there is not some partially secluded part leading to a 
piece of water or a kind of grotto, in which rockwork might not be 
introduced by the hand of taste with very good effect. 
Rockwork looks particularly well leading to a grotto ; and when 
thus applied, a path should strike off from the main walk leading into 
a dense mass of trees and shrubs. On the sides of this path, first some 
inequalities in the turf should appear; and a little further, portions of 
stone should appear to have burst partly through the turf, by which 
they are yet partially concealed. Then stones should appear irregu¬ 
larly piled one on another, and in the interstices should be perceived 
some alpine plants; and in this manner the rockwork may be carried 
to any extent that may be desired, till it ultimately terminates in the 
grotto, cave, or secluded pond, to which it was to form an intro¬ 
duction. 
A rustic bridge may be introduced over a piece of water, should such 
Fig. 27. 
RUSTIC BRIDGE AMONG ROCKWORK. 
occur (see fig. 27 ) ; and a few birds, such as are usually found in rocky 
places, may be introduced to heighten the effect of the scene. 
As a specimen of rockwork in a small garden, I cannot do better than 
refer to the examples of it at Mrs. Lawrence's late villa at Drayton-green. 
In this garden rockwork was, in one situation, introduced round a small 
