Ben Jonson, in the 'Masque of Queens,' speaks of the gum or turpentine of the Larch as being used in witchcraft.
Evelyn tells of a certain ship found many years ago in the Numidian Sea, twelve fathoms under water, which was chiefly built of Larch and Cypress, so hardened as long to resist the fire or the sharpest tool.
According to a Tyrolean tradition, the Seliges Fraeulein, dressed in white, repairs to an aged Larch beneath whose shelter she sings.
To my left was a long larch wood, to my right rough fields with many trees.
I had made up my mind to ascend the tor, and was pushing through the gate, when suddenly I saw a woman sitting on a stone under the wall bordering the larch wood.
Larch bark contains 9 % to 10 % of light-coloured tannin, and is used especially for tanning Scotch basils.
English basils are tanned with oak bark, although, as in all other leathers, inferior tannages are now common; Scotch basils are tanned with larch bark, Australian and New Zealand basils with mimosa bark and Turkish basils with galls.
For further decorations the twigs of evergreen trees are added, those of the larch or spruce, or perhaps best of all the small branches of the juniper or cedar tree, are best for the purpose.
Find some prettily shaped larch twigs with their little cones attached, or if they are not to be had, pine twigs will do, and with the hot glue and two or three slender brads, place them in graceful bunches over the points of joining.
The cruse lamps hanging from the high rafters shed their dim light upon the bare stone walls, where branches of red-berried holly were entwined with tufts of larch and spruce and sprays of mistletoe.
Tall she was and very fair -- tall and graceful as a young larch tree, and fair as the drifted snow whose surface reflects the red morning sun.
It was situated in the middle of a flowery vale, watered by cool and refreshing streams, and shaded by groves of larch and cypress.
The tall magnolia lay broken in many pieces, the larch tree had been snapped like a rotten reed.
From the earth he tore the fibers, Tore the tough roots of the Larch Tree, Closely sewed the bark together, Bound it closely to the framework.
For they were now come to a little wood of birch and larch and pine; and without more ado he led the way, pushing through the outlying tall bracken and getting in underneath the branches.
This baby had a fine new basket and a larch pole, newly fixed, white and shining, under the dark beams of the ceiling.
The larch poles did instead of springs, bending and creaking, as the cart moved over the forest track.
The cart was of rough wood, without springs, like a big box fixed on long larch poles between two pairs of wheels.
While the ordinary simple pistil is conceived by the botanist to be a leaf rolled together into a closed pod (306), those of the Pine, Larch (Fig.
A piece of stem of Larch with two clusters (fascicles) of numerous leaves.
The sum and substance of their investigations were as follows:-- Lady Larch wondered what the world was coming to.
At this Lady Augusta forgot to sigh, and Lady Larch lost control of her smile.
Lady Larch was the next arrival, and as she was famous for her smile, she used it freely, not fatiguing herself by listening to remarks, or making them.
Charter told me that Larch said I was peculiar for an actress and worth watching, because I had a brain.
I want a stimulant and a talk with you," Felix Larch added, wriggling into his overcoat.
Felix Larch had twice disturbed her by taking his seat in the midst of the first and second acts.
In countries where the larch fir grows abundantly, a number of tall young trees will be found from some cause to have died as they stand, to have withered and become perfectly dry.
A kind of larch furnishes the Manna Brigantica, and in the Lebanon district it flows from the cedars.
When these arrangements have been made, a number of larch poles with the bark on are driven in round the main pole in funnel form, much as young trees are defended from the attacks of deer or rabbits in this country.
We struck out through a green, well-wooded country, avoiding the highroads and ever going deeper into the forests of larch and fir that led toward the west from Uzmaiz.
He spoke softly, glancing often toward the spot under the larch tree where Francezka's face, like a lily flower, lay.
My eyes turned again to the larch tree under which Francezka slept.
Under a low hanging larch tree was a bed of boughs, and on it lay Francezka, sleeping.
The little house stands in one acre of ground, closely walled in, and surrounded by high shrubs and lofty larch trees.
The larch (Larix) sheds its leaves in the autumn, in the Chinese larch (Pseudolarix Kaempferi) the leaves turn a bright yellow colour before falling.
It was formerly supposed that the cucumber had the power of killing by its great coldness, and the larch was considered impenetrable by fire; Evelyn describing it as "a goodly tree, which is of so strange a composition that 'twill hardly burn.
The board against the tree at the corner of the larch plantation, stating that "Any one trespassing on these grounds, the property of A.
Scattered larch trees make a very park of this place, while the great swelling slopes rise in graceful curves toward the mountain peaks on either side.
Possibly for this reason the larch cannot contest with the slender spruces and firs of the valley, where it would be crowded out of light and sun among its taller rivals.
At this level the air was warm and pleasant as we entered an open grove of larch and spruce trees.
It is not far from the truth to say that the Lyall's larch is the most characteristic tree of the Canadian Rockies.
The lake was long and narrow; on the farther side, hemmed in by rock slides and cliffs of the mountains, but on the west side a trail led along the winding shore among larch and spruce trees.
The temptation to select a soft heathery seat under a fine larch tree and admire the scenery is irresistible.
In the higher mountains, fir and spruce with some pine and larch form the forest; but broadleaf forest, especially oak and beech is the prevailing type occupying the middle altitudes and the hill country.
The best oak and beech are to be preserved (this, however, merely with reference to the mast), and in the Alps we find already provisions to reserve larch and pine.
To Fokel’s initiative is also to be credited the celebrated larch forest on the Gulf of Finland.
In any case, you shed your garments wherever you went, and thoughtfully left your coat hanging in the larch avenue; Eileen saw it in the distance and came shrieking to us that the burglar had evidently hung himself from a tree by the top gate!
First, however, I took off the big coat, and left it hanging on the under bough of a larch inside the gate.
Then in twenty minutes the red and blue and white ensigns were beautifully disposed among the green of larch and laurel, and the glory of marigolds and St. Michael's daisies, and of holly oaks of every brilliant color.
The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "larch" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word. Other words: ebony; oak; tree; wood
