Here the reader's attention may be drawn to many differences there are in wooden trellis-work. All so-called " rustic " work is to be avoided, as it gives a suburban appearance. The fox-coloured, red-brown varnish that one so often sees upon woodwork is an unbecoming background to pink roses. It is best either to have all woodwork creosoted - which preserves it from the weather, or to paint it with three coats of a colour in harmony with the house, and also one that forms a pleasing background to flowers.

If old pictures of gardens are studied, it will be found that at Versailles and in the formal gardens at Schwetzingen only the square-mesh trellis was used. We gain rest to the eye, for all the lines correspond to those of the upright posts that support the roof. A trellis with lines running so as to form a lozenge-shaped lattice is not reposeful.

This light trellis roof is supported upon stout, square uprights of wood, and here again it should be noted that square wooden posts are more in character with a house than round fir poles. The height and general proportions of the court will be decided only when the house itself is taken into consideration, for this roofed-in trellis loggia must be strictly in keeping with the adjacent building. It should appear to be a portion of it, and, if necessary, a four-foot-high wall of the same coloured stone or brick as the house can surround it, and the upright posts may rise upon this to the roof.

A small projecting ledge of tiles, slate, or bricks cemented over, would be a neat finish to the wall and would be serviceable for holding books, writing materials, or work, and here and there a little pot of thyme or basil would recall old Italian gardens. Green-faced potteryware dishes, or other quaint jars from France or Spain would be nice planted with pink carnations or yellow pansies. Any little touches of bright colour give the pleasing look of home, for we want the loggia to be an additional out-of-door room to our house. Should some of the sitting-room windows look into it, pleasant little surprises may be produced by planting a variety of flowering creepers upon the upright posts.

Do not select only those that flower in summer - have winter jasmine as well as the white summer one; winter-sweet and evergreen honeysuckle, Kerria japonica and passion flower for spring and summer. Arrange it so that winter.spring, and autumn each has its representative. By this means the loggia will never be dull, and there will always be a bright piece of colour to attract the eye.

Aa. Covered end. Bb. Walls. C House wall. Dd. Entrance from house. E. Supports.

Then, too, arrange, if necessary, to have little openings, circular or oval, in the trellis that forms the sides, above the four-foot wall. Perhaps a distant vista of garden walk or border can be seen framed in this way; care must be taken not to expose too much upon the sunny south side; only give sufficient air and light for plants to thrive, and not too much to allow of glare or heat. The floor of this arbour will be a garden, too, for it is not necessary to have the paving joined together like a road-pavement. If old, disused York slab is to be had, so arrange it that there are small chinks and holes between each stone. Fill these with good soil, and plant bright-faced pansies, blue and mauve aubrietia, white arabis, blue forget-me-nots, London pride, sedums and saxifrages, and any little plants, in short, that friends will send.

It is advisable to keep a large space in the centre somewhat free from plants, and this should be evenly paved, so that a table for meals and chairs can stand ready for use at any time. The surrounding corners of the loggia, which are not necessarily required in this way, may have flower-beds one or two feet wide, and these may be planted irregularly with a succession of sweet-smelling flowers. A group of madonna lilies will look lovely in one corner of it, perhaps a carpet of polyanthus near by, some tall yellow evening primroses, a few tobacco plants, and many other favourites will find a happy home Provided no large trees overshadow or rob the good soil with their distant roots, these plants will revel in the semi-shade and protection given by the loggia.

In Sussex there is a picturesque paved garden which might be copied and improved upon. It belongs to some quaint old almshouses, and for many years the old people had tended favourite flowers in it, and each had a plot set apart for sowing annuals. Originally all were arranged in orderly little squares and oblongs, and round these was an ordinary earth path.

Here flourished sunflowers, love-in-a-mist, eschscholtzia, mignonette, sweet-peas. When, exactly, the change took place is not known, but with the demolition of an ancient building near by, the governors became possessed of innumerable pieces of Horsham slab, which had previously been used as roofing tiles; these were laid all over the almshouse garden.regardless of much-loved flower-beds. Whether the change was made from the point of view of economy in the upkeep of the gardens, or whether it was done for the prevention of rheumatism in the old people, by enabling them to walk about on dry ground, is not known. Whatever the motive was, the present result is original and delightful.

In spite of a hard fight and struggle for existence, sweet sultan, wallflowers, sunflowers, and sweet-peas have managed to sow themselves and come up in between the chinks and cracks of the slabs of stone. They fought their way at first, but now the almshouse people help them, and each year little packets of seed are bought and dropped into the holes between the stones. The effect is wonderfully picturesque, for flowers look their best springing up irregularly with this soft grey-blue background.

This idea, somewhat modified, might be adopted for a children's playground and garden plot. So often little ugly, neglected beds are seen, cut out of a damp, dark shrubbery, possibly surrounded by hedges or high trees. Children are expected to amuse themselves here, and make flowers grow, but the results are usually disappointing. Nothing will flourish if robbed of food by larger beings, and the big elms or yews take all nourishment from the children's garden. Here, too, the paths are a source of trouble, for wet earth is apt to soil clothes, and gravel is tiresome when you kneel upon it, and holes in stockings are the natural consequence.

A paved court in a sunny aspect, with a few mounds of good soil let in here and there, would give pleasure and would prevent many a cold. Certainly, flower-beds would look their best, instead of being little brown heaps of disappointment. Those who are interested in this subject will find it well described, with plans and drawings, by Miss Rose Haig Thomas in a book called " Stone Gardens." She has made a careful study of the subject. All the following little plants are mentioned by her as suitable to the chinks in paving-stones, and their names are added as being possibly less well known than the plants mentioned at the beginning of this article. The experiment may be made first with the commoner kinds of rock plants, and when these are firmly established the following may be added: Gentians, lithosper-mumprostratum, the annual phacelia cam-panularia, also saxifraga opositifolia, tufts of lychnis, erinus alpinus, myosotis rapicola.