Lexic.us

Definition of Golden larch

1. Noun. Chinese deciduous conifer resembling a larch with golden yellow leaves.

Lexicographical Neighbors of Golden Larch

Literary usage of Golden larch

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Trees and Shrubs of Central Park by Louis Harman Peet (1903)
"... cedar will be found; the Chinese golden larch and many others. But let us hunt them out. The tree here of especial interest is the Chinese golden larch. ..."

2. A Practical Guide to Garden Plants by John Weathers (1901)
"The golden larch is perfectly hardy and succeeds on a gravelly loam. It is the only golden-leaved Conifer that loses its foliage, and even in a leafless ..."

3. The Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture: A Discussion for the Amateur, and by Liberty Hyde Bailey (1916)
"It requires a sunny open position and a well-drained moderately moist soil; it does not thrive nor look well if crowded by other trees. The golden larch ..."

4. Cyclopedia of American Horticulture: Comprising Suggestions for Cultivation by Liberty Hyde Bailey, Wilhelm Miller (1901)
"golden larch. A genus of one species, a tall, pyramidal tree with horizontally spreading whorled ... The golden larch should be raised only from seeds. ..."

5. Practical Forestry: A Treatise on the Propagation, Planting, and Cultivation by Andrew Samuel Fuller (1914)
"golden larch (L. ... golden larch. — A very distinct species from China, and by some botanical authorities placed ..."

6. The English Flower Garden and Home Grounds: Design and Arrangement Shown by by William Robinson (1907)
"... (Chinese golden larch}. —A beautiful tree of Western China, attaining in its own country a height of over i oo ft. and of good growth and habit in our ..."

7. Chamber's Encyclopaedia: A Dictionary of Universal Knowledge (1890)
"The golden larch (L. Kämpfen), a native of Japan, is described by Fortune, who introduced it in 1852, as a beautiful tree growing to the height of ahout 120 ..."

8. Henderson's Handbook of Plants and General Horticulture by Peter Henderson (1904)
"False or Chinese Larch ; golden larch. From pseudo, false, and Larix, the Larch, which it resembles. Nat. Ord. Conifera. ..."

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