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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 down gently to the borders of the 
street; if the little side-pathslead into pleasant places, and the 
shadows that lie across the grass seem to invite one to enter 
and rest; if sunny 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 wall 
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. 
An inviting side path or branch road. 
A shadowy glade. 
5. A distant display of tufted foliage on a steeply-rising 
wooded slope. 
PW NH 
