160 THE MATRIMONIAL GARDEN. 



The Author has appended the following article, entitled 

 ' The Matrimonial Garden/ under the impression that it 

 was appropriate to the subject treated of in this work, and 

 would prove acceptable to most of his readers, especially 

 to the fair sex. 



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MATRIMONIAL GARDEN, 



Man is formed for social enjoyment, and if it be allowed 

 that " It is not good for man to be alone," it may be justly 

 inferred that it is not good for woman to be alone ; hence a 

 union of interests indicates a union of persons for their mu- 

 tual benefit. By this union, a sort of seclusion from the rest 

 of our species takes place ; and as a garden is a retired 

 apartment, appropriated to culture and improvement, the 

 married state may not inaptly be compared with it in many 

 respects. 



It is good and honourable for the human species, pru- 

 dently and cautiously to approach this delightful enclosure. 

 Its entrance is usually extremely gay and glittering, being 

 strewed with flowers of every hue and every fragrance cal- 

 culated to charm the eye and please the taste ; but they are 

 not all so ; and as there are many persons who may wish to 

 enter this garden at some time or other, who are yet stran- 

 gers to its various productions, their attention should be di- 

 rected to the cultivation of those plants which are beneficial, 

 and to the avoiding or rooting up of those which are injurious. 



