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see and know. Nature never rewards impatience. So may 

 we go serenely, expectantly, around the next bend. So may 

 we ever go when seeking the true pleasures of life. 



And when a little winding road shall, some day, bring us 

 to the town where we must dwell, happy shall we be if the 

 simple elements of the wild roadside loveliness are cherished 

 there; if the plants by the way grow lush and fine; if the 

 roadside greenery drops dovm gently to the borders of the 

 street ; if the little side-paths lead into pleasant places, and the 

 shadows that lie across the grass seem to invite one to enter 

 and rest; if simny openings are filled with flowers, and 

 shadowy retreats, with soft filmy sprays of leaves; if bare 

 walls are banked with foliage, or festooned with the graceful 

 drapery of vines; thrice happy, if some of the little wild 

 things, nature's exquisite little tender things, planted and 

 cared for by the wayside in places suited to them, tell us we 

 have for neighbors some gentle souls who care for things as 

 God made them. 



Study 48. A Winding Country Road 



The program of work for this study will consist of a walk 

 along a short stretch of an old rural roadway, preferably 

 among wooded hills, seeking out the natural beauties of the 

 roadside. A road of long standing, little mowed or graded, 

 should be chosen. A map of the portion to be examined may 

 be provided. 



Views, such as the following may be located : 

 An open vista along the roadway itself. 

 A forest aisle along the roadway itself. 



3. An inviting side path or branch road. 



4. A shadowy glade. 



5. A distant display of tufted foliage on a steeply- rising 

 wooded slope. 



