Old stucco was lime and sand on wood lath.
We replaced it with metal lath and Portland cement and sand.
We replaced it with metal lath and Portland cement and sand.
Note the spacing between the original sheathing boards.
We replaced it with aluminum.
We see a lot of this on old houses.
Here, the scratch coat is scarified for a key.
I found rocks with the same screen size near Leesburg. We usually have to screen the rocks to match.