THE MATRIMONIAL GARDEN. 95 



As you proceed, you will meet with many little 

 crooked paths. I advise you, as a friend, never to go 

 into them, for although at the entrance of each, it is 

 written in large letters, I AM RIGHT, if you do enter, 

 and get to the end of them, you will find the true 

 name to be PERVERSENESS. These crooked paths 

 occasion endless disputes, and as it is difficult to make 

 the crooked straight, it is better to avoid them alto- 

 gether, lest, as it sometimes happens, a total separation 

 be the consequence, and you take different paths the 

 rest of your lives. Near this spot, you will meet with 

 a rough, sturdy plant, called OBSTINACY, which 

 bears a hard, knotty fruit, that never digests, and of 

 course must injure the constitution ; it even becomes 

 fatal, when taken in large quantities. Turn from it, 

 avoid it as you would the cholera. 



Just opposite to this, grows that lovely and lively 

 shrub, called COMPLIANCE, which, though not 

 always pleasant to the palate, is very salutary, and 

 leaves a sweetness in the mouth ; it is a most excel- 

 lent shrub, and produces the most delicious fruit. — 

 Never be without a very large sprig in your hand ; it 

 will often be wanted as you go along, for you cannot 

 be happy without it in any part of the garden. 



In one of the principal compartments, stands a very 

 important plant, called ECONOMY ; it is of a thriving 

 quality ; cultivate this fine plant with all your care ; 

 it adorns and enriches at the same time. Many over- 

 look it, some despise it, and others think that they 

 shall never want it ; it is generally overlooked in the 



