The bark being left on these logs gives them a rustic effect, but of course any wood can be used and some bits of bark nailed on will answer almost as well. Inside the ring of logs good soil should be filled in and strips of turf inserted in the joinings of the logs to prevent the earth from falling through. Half logs, with the bark on, should be placed round the outer edge of the bed in order to keep the soil in its place, the earth being filled in to form a sloping border for low growing plants and shrubs. In the centre tub the photograph shows the rice paper plant (_Aralia Sieboldii_), which is hardy and handsome at all seasons of the year. The pretty Ivy-leaved Toad-flax and Creeping Jenny droop over the edges of the rustic work, and the other plants, of which I subjoin a list, are as varied as possible in form and colour. Golden Privet and Juniper, the silvery leaves of the variegated periwinkle and veronica, the silver carex, and the flowers that supply other colours make the bed an extremely pretty feature in our garden throughout the year, all the plants I have mentioned being perfectly hardy. [Illustration: FIG. 2.] One advantage of such an arrangement in small gardens is, that it affords the opportunity of growing a large variety of plants in a comparatively small space of ground. Another advantage is that the gardening work can be done without much stooping. Although my flower-bed had to pass through the test of an exceptionally dry summer, not a single plant died; on the contrary all grew luxuriantly and gave me the pleasant feeling that they were vigorous and enjoying the warm sunshine which brought out the rich tints of their leaves and flowers. [Illustration: THE RAISED BED.] LIST OF PLANTS IN RAISED FLOWER-BED. _Abelia Rupestris_, and Rice Paper Plant, _Hypericum Calycinum_, various Ivies, Golden Privet, Variegated Periwinkle, _Fuchsia Elegans_, Dwarf Retinospora, _Thujopsis Dolabrata_, _Cedronella Cana_, Golden Juniper, _Cotoneaster Buxifolia_, _Bambusa Fortunii-Variegata_, Silver Carex, _Yucca Filimentosa_, _Crucianella Stylosa_, _Linum Perenne_, Ivy-leaved Toad-flax, Creeping Jenny. ELIZA BRIGHTWEN. ABOUT PEGGY SAVILLE. BY JESSIE MANSERGH (Mrs. G. de Horne Vaizey), Author of “Sisters Three,” etc. CHAPTER XXVI. A few days later Peggy was driven home to the vicarage, and stood the drive so well that she was able to walk downstairs at tea-time and sit at the table with only a cushion at her back to mark her out as an invalid just recovering from a serious illness. There was a special reason why she wished to look well this afternoon, for Arthur was expected by the six o’clock train; and the candidate who had come out first in his examination lists must not have his reception chilled by anxiety or disappointment.