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THE MATRIMONIAL GARDEN. 



gaiety and levity with which people enter this place, 

 but the want of it is generally paid for with bitter 

 repentance. There are two other plants of the same 

 species, which are very closely connected, called IN- 

 DUSTRY and FRUGALITY, and I must take leave 

 to tell you that, unless both the male and the female 

 partake largely of their branches, very little success 

 can be expected ; in this they must both unite. Take 

 care that you provide yourself and partner with a 

 supply of each as soon as possible after you enter the 

 garden. 



There are two or three paths which run much into 

 one another, and deserve the closest attention of the 

 softer sex ; I mean REGULARITY, EXACTNESS 

 and NEATNESS.* Do not think, as some do, that 

 when you have once got into the garden, you may be 

 neglectful of these paths. Remember that your com- 

 panion will see your neglect, which will affect his eye, 

 and may alienate his heart. Enter on these depart- 

 ments, then, as soon as you enter the garden, and when 

 you are once fairly in, you are in for life ; the danger 

 is, that if you do not get into them at an early period^ 

 you will not find them afterwards. Near these walks 

 is to be found that modest plant, called HUMILITY ; 



It is the violet, " doom'd to blush unseen, 

 And waste its sweetness on the desert air. JJ 



It appears of little worth in itself, but when joined 

 with other virtues, it adds a charm to life, and spreads 

 a fragrance around its wearer. Cultivate then, with 



* In deportment as well as in dress. 



