| 单词 | white birch |
| 例句 | At the top of the meadow was a fringe of white birch. My Side of the Mountain 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z She went to the window and put her head out, heard the wind rusding in the pine trees and the white birch. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z She learned that they lived in wigwams, not teepees, and that they made canoes from the bark of a single white birch tree, removed in one piece so as not to kill it. Orphan Train 2013-04-02T00:00:00Z Then I heard a cry in the grasses up near the white birches. My Side of the Mountain 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z I follow her gaze out across the pond to the fringe of pine and white birch trees on the other shore. Rules 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z He stepped from behind a white birch tree and he had a dark rifle held up to his shoulder. Dead End in Norvelt 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z Wolfgang noticed that I liked the scent of Siberian white birch, and the next day he returned with a fresh supply: he had driven to Innsbruck and back the night before to get it. In Austria, Saunas, Schnitzel and World Cup Skiing 2012-12-07T17:10:36Z It includes items like white birch trays that feature designs taken from the textiles, as well as small porcelain cups; peanut-shaped drinking glasses; and coffee cups shaped like funny birds. | At Home with Minä Perhonen 2012-11-08T17:02:24Z A wraparound terrace is planted with a forest of weeping white birches. Book and Film on Ralph Rucci 2011-12-28T17:41:11Z We drove farther afield toward Wellington, through countryside where pines, palms and white birches all thrived. In Cape Town, forget the wine and go for the brandy instead The white birch of Europe is the silver birch, Betula pendula, named for the way its branches hang down. Longing for the snow-white birch tree of our northern neighbors 2018-12-31T05:00:00Z It’s of white birch trees against a yellow background. A Collection That Owes Its Existence to a ‘Carpe Diem’ Event 2019-09-18T04:00:00Z Biters told me they look for silvery, bright white birches with dusky pink or tan-colored inner bark that’s pliable and free of knots. How Indigenous artists are reinvigorating the art of birch bark biting 2021-08-30T04:00:00Z But for once-boreal creatures such as myself, the absence of the white birch is always felt and especially in winter. Longing for the snow-white birch tree of our northern neighbors 2018-12-31T05:00:00Z On July 16, Alaska Airlines will substitute plastic stirrers and citrus picks with a white birch version on all domestic and international flights and in airport lounges. Slowly but steadily, the travel industry cuts its ties to disposable plastics 2018-05-26T04:00:00Z A dab of aioli, flavored with powdered young pine needles, sits in the middle, and the whole thing is drizzled with sunflower oil and white birch syrup. Moose, Anyone? In Newfoundland, Food Both Rustic and Sophisticated 2017-07-19T04:00:00Z Dr. Arthur Caliandro of the Marble Collegiate Church performed the ceremony in the Grand Ballroom, on an altar decked with white orchids and white birches. Like to Mock Our Weddings Pages? Get in Line 2017-02-21T05:00:00Z Replace the fireplace insert with white birch logs to soften the black box effect. How to create an inviting space for reading, conversation and more 2018-08-01T04:00:00Z Autumn highlights include ginkgos, European white birch and a towering Chinese elm. Try 6 fall foliage walks around Seattle 2023-09-20T04:00:00Z Paper birch is also known as white birch, or canoe birch, as American Indians used the bark for their canoes. A Seattle artist’s inspired guide to our majestic ‘Trees of the West’ 2022-11-18T05:00:00Z The sun was setting, casting a golden glow on the white birch forests rushing by. On Eve of War, No Exodus From Ukraine, Only Anxiety and Disbelief 2022-02-23T05:00:00Z Aromas such as roasted green tea waft through one of the saunas, and white birch in another. Japan's teamLab melds museum and sauna in fresh digital art experience 2021-03-13T05:00:00Z On the other side, the passageway opens into the bluestone-paved North Courtyard, which has white birches, flower beds and seating. Courtyards foster a sense of community at Watkins Alley 2020-07-13T04:00:00Z Black walnut trees with bright-yellow leaves shine on this route, as do the colors of the European white birch, Japanese zelkova and red maple. Try 6 fall foliage walks around Seattle 2023-09-20T04:00:00Z I’m particularly partial to the stark grove of Himalayan white birches you’ll find tucked away near the Residence. Need a digital-detox? 3 agendas for screen-free fun in Seattle | Produced by Advertising Publications 2019-08-01T04:00:00Z The foamy Dignity bar soap contains a blend of charcoal and cotton blossom along with sea salt, clay and white birch. Father’s Day shopping: Give the gift of grooming with these fresh products 2019-06-06T04:00:00Z On our drive down the mountain there was nothing to displease the eye, and before long we arrived at yet another small mountain village of white birches and potato gardens. Can China Turn the Middle of Nowhere Into the Center of the World Economy? 2019-01-30T05:00:00Z “Girly stuff like flowering crabapple and dogwood and white birch,” she said. Forest lands imperiled as aging private owners divide, sell 2017-12-23T05:00:00Z In the forest sections, the design team have planted the trees of Russia’s extensive woodlands: white birch, larch and Scots pine. Zaryadye Park in Moscow is an architectural triumph 2017-10-25T04:00:00Z Next to them, clothes hang from a white birch tree branch that hangs from the ceiling with rope. Now this is how you style a 700-square-foot rental 2017-01-11T05:00:00Z At the other end of the garden is a handsome grove of tall, spindly white birches, arranged in a horseshoe around a seating area. Afghan General Plants Flowers in Helmand, but Taliban Lurk 2016-04-09T04:00:00Z The road is partly frozen at this time of year, rutted with ice as it meanders through a naked forest of spindly white birch, poplar, and maple. This Canada Island Is Losing Ground But Not Losing Hope 2015-12-16T05:00:00Z And seated in the middle of the Island Sea Design warehouse, among countless antiques, pieces of wood and furniture, was Hondo Ritchie, his practiced hands working a piece of white birch. Local woodworker has rock connection with Macon-based band 2015-08-09T04:00:00Z A large custom stainless steel tub accompanied by a vintage Murano Glass chandelier from Itlay, adjacent to Aspen tree branches dipped in brass and white birch wood cabinets offer a classic 1940’s appeal. Tour a Royal Family's 20 Million Dollar Estate 2015-05-06T04:00:00Z True Food Kitchen is an elegant yet kid-friendly restaurant outfitted in a row of white birch trees — a shame-free design element to rest your eyes upon, unlike the sanctimonious signage. Take a Mosaic District food and drink tour In the north, lunas prefer white birch leaves, but farther south they feed on hickory, persimmon, sumac, sweet gum, walnut and willow leaves. Luna Moth: Green, Glowy and in Vogue 2014-07-11T04:00:00Z Thickets of white birch trees and broad frozen rivers, black branches like lead pencil sketches. In Sochi, hotel complaints fall into chasm between global spectacle and underserved population 2014-02-07T17:55:40Z My mother even planted a ring of white birch trees around the property for protection. Op-Ed Contributor: Destroying Precious Land to Drill for Gas 2012-08-28T16:37:37Z In one place, a white birch and a black cherry lunged together toward the sky. Green Blog: Meditation on the Colors of Nature 2012-04-14T10:00:42Z The leaves were black overhead, but the white birch trunks round me glimmered like pale ghosts. My Lady Rotha A Romance 2012-02-27T03:00:10.983Z The rustling leaves were witches' whisperings, the white birches seemed ghosts in their winding-sheets. Nooks and Corners of the New England Coast 2012-02-22T03:00:25.113Z The selection, called “Infinite Forest,” by the design firm Studio a+i in Brooklyn, integrates a grove of white birch trees with strategically placed mirrored walls on the 17,000-square-foot triangular plaza. City Room: Proposed AIDS Memorial Park in Greenwich Village Gets a Design 2012-01-30T18:45:15Z He built a fish pond and laid out walks among the beech and white birch groves near the house. History of Halifax City 2012-01-26T03:00:13.263Z And the ubiquitous white birch, the wood-man’s friend, came into play again. A Scout of To-day 2012-01-11T03:00:22.820Z I see you've been cutting the bark off that white birch tree, and got the same in your hand. The Hickory Ridge Boy Scouts: Under Canvas or, The Hunt for the Cartaret Ghost 2011-12-15T03:00:13.703Z “Care—ful!” whispered Cleo, but one thrust of the white birch pole and the sign was uprooted! The Girl Scouts at Camp Comalong Peg of Tamarack Hills 2011-11-17T03:00:34.720Z In Northern Europe, the larch, the white birch, the aspen, first appear; then follow the maple, the alder, the ash, the fir; then the oak and the linden; and then the beech. Man and Nature or, Physical Geography as Modified by Human Action 2011-11-11T03:00:34.027Z "If we were really Indians, we could make canoes out of the white birch bark," said Polly. Peter and Polly in Winter 2011-10-26T02:00:31.240Z Now begin to pick and save the berries until I come again,” said the Captain, going over to a clump of white birches. Girl Scouts at Dandelion Camp 2011-10-21T02:00:19.027Z A few former clearings along the lake shores have grown up to brush or to white birch saplings or small trees. Notes on the Mammals of Gogebic and Ontonagon Counties, Michigan, 1920 Occasional Papers of the Museum of Zoology, Number 109 2011-10-15T02:00:26.690Z Or again: "Everybody knows a white birch by its bark." Trees Worth Knowing 2011-10-13T02:00:48.357Z On almost all sides of the mountain there is a short, tangled growth of alders and white birch coming up between the rocks. Forest Life and Forest Trees: comprising winter camp-life among the loggers, and wild-wood adventure. with Descriptions of lumbering operations on the various rivers of Maine and New Brunswick 2011-10-11T02:01:03.847Z "What beautiful white birch logs," said the Story Lady. Peter and Polly in Winter 2011-10-26T02:00:31.240Z The white birch, Betula papyrifera Marsh., of the North Woods is rare in Illinois. Forest Trees of Illinois How to Know Them 2011-10-08T02:00:23.997Z Near Gogebic Lake in Ontonagon County droppings were found in wet hardwood forest, in a thick growth of aspen and white birch saplings, and in an extensive tamarack bog. Notes on the Mammals of Gogebic and Ontonagon Counties, Michigan, 1920 Occasional Papers of the Museum of Zoology, Number 109 2011-10-15T02:00:26.690Z The color names white birch, black locust, blue beech. Trees Worth Knowing 2011-10-13T02:00:48.357Z "You would feed butterflies on brawn, teach the bluebird to scream like a macaw, make the trembling, silver-leaved white birches all over into oaks." The Cassowary What Chanced in the Cleft Mountains 2011-09-24T02:00:16.927Z Fortunately, Sol had a match in his pocket, and coming to an old white birch stub, we tore off several rolls of the dried bark. Lost in the Ca?on 2011-09-19T02:00:14.387Z The innumerable little waterfalls hung in icicles among the mosses, ferns, and white birches on the roadsides. The Divine Adventure Volume IV 2011-09-04T02:00:03.717Z Interspersed among the indigenous scrub-oaks were elms, maples and cedars, and the mottled bark of white birches showed here and there. The Main Chance 2011-08-26T02:00:27.127Z The white birch is a small, short-lived tree that grows in swampy ground, its bark chalky white or grayish, with triangular rough patches of black, where branches are or have been. Trees Worth Knowing 2011-10-13T02:00:48.357Z The white birch, which is the least common, is short-lived. Woodcraft or, How a Patrol Leader Made Good 2011-08-24T02:00:22.913Z In the swift moments before Faith came downstairs, no one had remembered to touch a match to the kindling under the smooth, white birch logs in the great fireplace. The Sea Bride 2011-07-30T02:00:14.537Z Is he not aware that his spotless raiment betrays him, or does he trust that he may be mistaken for a white stone or a scroll of bark sloughed from a white birch? In New England Fields and Woods 2011-07-27T02:00:26.953Z If there was a white birch tree within a quarter of a mile of the home of your boyhood, you would remember it all your life. Pleasure & Profit in Bible Study 2011-07-09T02:00:14.273Z The white birch of Europe extends across the northern half of Asia, and is cultivated in delicate cut-leaved and weeping forms, as a lawn and park tree in this country. Trees Worth Knowing 2011-10-13T02:00:48.357Z The Paper Birch is also called the white birch or canoe birch. Woodcraft or, How a Patrol Leader Made Good 2011-08-24T02:00:22.913Z And here and there an islet laughed at him—a tiny patch of verdure overhung by one white birch that glistered in the sun. A Cry in the Wilderness 2011-06-01T02:00:28.933Z There it is, Chief, just ahead of us," he remarked, "where you see that white birch bending over. The Boy Scouts Under Fire in Mexico 2011-05-02T02:00:18.793Z The feast was spread upon tables on a green space beside the old house in which Lafayette slept, and under a bower of leafy white birch boughs. From the Easy Chair, series 2 2011-04-29T02:00:06.407Z There are now and then great oaks to greet you, and graceful patches of white birch. The Lure of the Camera 2011-04-27T02:00:25.413Z They consisted of a scrub wood, with here and there a large tree overshadowing the undergrowth of hazel, holly, white birch, gone, dogwood, and briar. The Child Wife 2011-04-21T02:00:50.050Z The bride's-maids carried the distaff, with the bundle of flax, and the prettily adorned bridal broom, made of white birch twigs; simple emblems of industry and order for the future household. Ekkehard. Vol. II (of II). A Tale of the Tenth Century 2011-04-14T02:00:45.217Z I'll never see a white birch again as long as I live," he said earnestly, "but I'll remember that one and all that happened to us around here. The Boy Scouts Under Fire in Mexico 2011-05-02T02:00:18.793Z They had followed the trail but a short distance before Miss Miller spied some fine white birches. The Woodcraft Girls in the City 2011-03-27T02:00:11.007Z In an island which we passed, there was a large quantity of white birch, whose bark might be employed in the construction of canoes. Voyages from Montreal Through the Continent of North America to the Frozen and Pacific Oceans in 1789 and 1793 Vol. II 2011-03-24T02:00:13.247Z The Southern bank is not so elevated, and displays the maple, the white birch, and the cedar, with the spruce, the alder, and various underwood. Voyages from Montreal Through the Continent of North America to the Frozen and Pacific Oceans in 1789 and 1793 Vol. I 2011-03-24T02:00:11.430Z For both, the first, most important step, is a good showing in the land of the white birch. After Pawlenty, Who's Really in the GOP Race? 2011-03-21T22:06:04Z In the northern forest the timber is black and white spruce, larch or tamarack, jack pine, aspen or white poplar, balsam or black poplar, and white birch. Canada West 2011-03-03T03:00:58.087Z We know that the white birch is full of excellent sap, from which can be made a birch candy, somewhat bitter, but nearly as good as horehound candy. The Woodpeckers 2011-01-26T03:00:25.210Z The principal wood along the banks is spruce, intermixed with a few white birch, growing on detached spots, the intervening spaces being covered with willow and elder. Voyages from Montreal Through the Continent of North America to the Frozen and Pacific Oceans in 1789 and 1793 Vol. II 2011-03-24T02:00:13.247Z The land on the North side is low, composed of a black soil, mixed with stones, but agreeably covered with the aspen, the poplar, the white birch, the spruce-fir, &c. Voyages from Montreal Through the Continent of North America to the Frozen and Pacific Oceans in 1789 and 1793 Vol. I 2011-03-24T02:00:11.430Z They fixed their eyes on a large white birch at the edge of the woods. Spotted Deer 2011-01-25T03:00:24.283Z In the mild warmth of the noon sun they ran the canoe up a narrow opening where a clump of white birches marked the Squawpan Carry. Lost Farm Camp 2011-01-23T03:00:16.437Z There’s lots of folks, Mr. Wade, that don’t recognize plain white birch in some of the things that’s polished and set up in city parlors. King Spruce, A Novel 2011-01-15T03:00:34.400Z Where any soil was scattered about, there were cedars, spruce-firs, white birch, and other trees of large growth. Voyages from Montreal Through the Continent of North America to the Frozen and Pacific Oceans in 1789 and 1793 Vol. II 2011-03-24T02:00:13.247Z When we had walked upwards of an hour, the under-wood decreased, while the white birch and poplar were the largest and tallest of their kind that I had ever seen. Voyages from Montreal Through the Continent of North America to the Frozen and Pacific Oceans in 1789 and 1793 Vol. I 2011-03-24T02:00:11.430Z It is not the first time a bird has fallen injured in the square atrium, which is about 75 feet on each side and planted with white birch trees. City Room: Exclusive: An Avian Emergency 2011-01-13T23:29:16Z In the forest itself we find straight spruce trees, both large and small, balsam, and a few white birches, the loose bark of which will make the best kindling known. Woodcraft 2010-12-30T03:00:30.337Z Beds, chairs, and benches were fashioned from the plentiful white birch stems, and floor and doors were of planed boards. The Girl From Tim's Place The other wood was hemlock; white birch, two species of spruce-firs, willows, &c. Voyages from Montreal Through the Continent of North America to the Frozen and Pacific Oceans in 1789 and 1793 Vol. II 2011-03-24T02:00:13.247Z There is the white birch, gay, light-hearted, volatile, putting all its pretty self into a few flaring moments—a butterfly existence. The Jonathan Papers The Natties soon came back from the woods bringing enough white birch bark to cover a man-of-war. Old Farm Fairies: A Summer Campaign In Brownieland Against King Cobweaver's Pixies Next comes the tender loaded with nice, white birch wood, an economical style of fuel because its bark may be easily burned off while the wood itself will remain uninjured. Cordwood The gay foliage along the banks—for the autumn tints had come early this year—was reflected in the clear water, and a gentle wind stirred the white birches. Harper's Round Table, August 20, 1895 A white birch hung over the path by the water's edge and beneath it, on the smooth asphalt, fluttered a little bird, brilliant with black and orange markings. The Shadow For a quick blaze, throw on the white birch; for a long evening of reading, when one does not want distraction, pile on the oak and maple. The Jonathan Papers The fir, the pine, and the white birch abound, the first growing at an elevation of twenty-five hundred feet above the level of the sea. Due North or Glimpses of Scandinavia and Russia A white birch grows In the deepest wood. A Little Freckled Person A Book of Child Verse An occasional maple in its blaze of autumn scarlet, or a clump of white birch in shimmering, a�rial gold, seen unexpectedly upon the heavy-shadowed green, startled him like a sudden noise. The Haunters of the Silences A Book of Animal Life On the height he came to a transparent copse of alders, young beeches, and slender white birches. Saga of Halfred the Sigskald A Northern Tale of the Tenth Century But as she rubbed the parchment, which was very fine and soft, part of it curled up at the edge into a tiny roll like a shaving of bark when one cuts a white birch. The Men of the Moss-Hags Being a history of adventure taken from the papers of William Gordon of Earlstoun in Galloway The rocky banks above and below the Falls are thickly wooded with firs and spruces, among which the graceful form of the white birch appears in places. With the World's Great Travellers, Volume 1 They even saw the white birches move around from place to place and approach the water, but Shorty's dire threat prevented their firing until they got something more substantial. Si Klegg, Book 5 (of 6) The Deacon's Adventures At Chattanooga In Caring For The Boys Then they were in sight of a white birch, to the top of which was fastened a long streamer, like a pennant. Wyn's Camping Days or, The Outing of the Go-Ahead Club Have you watched the shades so varied, From the graceful, little white birch, Faint and tender, to the balsam's Evergreen, so dark and rich? Mother Truth's Melodies Common Sense For Children Here are smaller, more slender creatures that came from white birches, and that group of stately ones stepped out of the tall white pines that stand on the slope nearby. Old Plymouth Trails It was a failure as a mirror that day, veiled with snow, and the white birches fringing it showed bare and cold among the warm green of spruce and pine. The Wishing Moon From the hay-field they nosed their way into a little dell, all ferns and cool white birches, and far above, a canopy of leaf-traceried blue sky. The Camerons of Highboro "Run with me over to the white birches, and we'll shout, and listen!" Dorothy Dainty at the Mountains Then, however, a head appeared from between some bushes back of the white birch, and presently a beautiful deer stalked into view. Dave Porter At Bear Camp or, The Wild Man of Mirror Lake Its rocky surface sustained a scant growth of gnarled black spruce and stunted white birch, with here and there patches of brush. The Gaunt Gray Wolf A Tale of Adventure With Ungava Bob There are woods, dark perfumy pines, and white birches like bridal processions of young girls in white. The Lightning Conductor Discovers America Red, black, and white birch are used, also red and white ti-tree, the last variety being most esteemed, as it is more durable. Brighter Britain! (Volume 1 of 2) or Settler and Maori in Northern New Zealand She had walked slowly along toward the clump of white birches where, when they had first arrived, they had called, and listened to the echo. Dorothy Dainty at the Mountains The hollow was thick with young spruce and white birch, clustered about a single tall and massive rampike. The Backwoodsmen Yellow birches There are other good native birches, and one foreigner—the true white birch—whose cut-leaved form, a familiar lawn tree of drooping habit, is worth watching and liking. Getting Acquainted with the Trees Peeling a sheet of bark from the nearest white birch, he twisted himself a “moose-call,” then climbed into the branches of a willow which spread out over the edge of the shining lake. Kings in Exile The best green soft woods for fuel are white birch, paper birch, soft maple, cottonwood, and quaking aspen. Scouting For Girls, Official Handbook of the Girl Scouts The pine and hemlock and fir were easily learnt; the white birch too; beyond those at first she was perpetually confounding one with another. The Wide, Wide World The southern bank is low, and displays the maple, the white birch, and cedar; with the spruce, the alder, and various kinds of underwood. Travels in North America, From Modern Writers With Remarks and Observations; Exhibiting a Connected View of the Geography and Present State of that Quarter of the Globe “And, after that, you will come to a thicket of white birches.” The Maids of Paradise I have passed the meadows where the wild rice ripens on thy banks, where the white birch mirrors its silvery stem, and tall coniferae fling their pyramid shapes, on thy surface. The Quadroon Adventures in the Far West On this trip one passes through scenery of the most monotonous and melancholy character, flat and featureless, made up of forests of fir-trees, interspersed with the white birch, and long reaches of wide, deserted plains. Foot-prints of Travel or, Journeyings in Many Lands In October the maple leaves fell, the white birches showered the hill-sides with crumpled gold, the ruffed grouse put on its downy stockings, the great hare’s flanks became patched with white. A Young Man in a Hurry and Other Short Stories The light shone on the great rough sides of the schistose rocks and on the trunks of the cherry tree and two white birch trees inside the enclosed space. When Life Was Young At the Old Farm in Maine White elm, hard and soft maple, white birch, pines, and spruces are among the best. Ontario Teachers' Manuals: Nature Study It seemed to Sylvia that months had passed since last those white birch stems had leaned toward her and waved green banners of welcome. The Opened Shutters There is the “white birch,” a worthless tree of some twenty feet in height, and less than six inches diameter. Popular Adventure Tales Little Joyce went and sat down by the window, looking out into the white birches. Lucy Maud Montgomery Short Stories, 1909 to 1922 There had been a white frost in the night, and the orchard and the white birch wood behind it looked like fairyland. Lucy Maud Montgomery Short Stories, 1907 to 1908 Dipping the oars gently, Hildegarde drew the boat on and on, between high, dark banks of hemlock and pine and white birch. Hildegarde's Holiday a story for girls He continued: "There is a spot over there in the woods near a thicket of white birches that I have selected as the spot for the ceremony." The Opened Shutters There was the club-house among the white birches and the balsams on the opposite bank, with the two flags fluttering in the moonlight, and the lights twinkling from the long, low veranda. Days Off And Other Digressions I've seen a fine silvery mist hanging over the Gate at sunrise that seemed like her—and then again I've seen a white birch in the woods back yander that made me think of her. Lucy Maud Montgomery Short Stories, 1909 to 1922 We went through the orchard and then through the white birch wood where the loveliness of the frosted boughs awed us. Lucy Maud Montgomery Short Stories, 1907 to 1908 The white birches seemed like lovely ghosts haunting the darkened spaces. A Little Girl in Old Quebec This girl, with her length of limb and graceful breadth of shoulder, had greater affinity with the white birches delicately fluttering their light bright greens as they leaned eagerly toward the water and Sylvia. The Opened Shutters “Flaxie is a gay one,” said he, as he saw her chasing her children with a white birch switch; but at that moment he saw something else that made his heart stand still. The Twin Cousins The shaggy cliff, clothed, like the top of his cave, with cedars, white birch, and pine, afforded no path to the beach in that direction. The Cobbler In The Devil's Kitchen From "Mackinac And Lake Stories", 1899 When I looked up into the tree a tiny, fluffy mass of white birch curls attracted my attention. Ohio Arbor Day 1913: Arbor and Bird Day Manual Issued for the Benefit of the Schools of our State Leafless trees stretched out long black or gray arms, and here and there a white birch stood up grandly, like some fair goddess astray. A Little Girl in Old Quebec Many families owned a strongly made leach-barrel; others made a sort of barrel from a section of the bark of the white birch. Home Life in Colonial Days A two and one-half story building, facing the Dvina River and surrounded by about two acres of land, over one-half of which was covered with an attractive growth of white birch trees. The History of the American Expedition Fighting the Bolsheviki Campaigning in North Russia 1918-1919 The frame being ready, they went to their white birch trees for the bark. The Last of the Chiefs A Story of the Great Sioux War Have you seen the white birch in the spring, in the Spring? Ohio Arbor Day 1913: Arbor and Bird Day Manual Issued for the Benefit of the Schools of our State We had now to cut the bark from the white birch trees. Snow Shoes and Canoes The Early Days of a Fur-Trader in the Hudson Bay Territory Then I looked in the woods to see The limbs of the white birch tree. Under the Tree "White men have forked tongues," answered the Pequod; "but thou shalt mark it out on the smooth surface of the white birch, that my memory may tell me if thou hast spoken true." Traditions of the North American Indians, Vol. 3 They looked first for large specimens of the white birch, and finally found several on one of the lower slopes. The Last of the Chiefs A Story of the Great Sioux War The most beautiful nest I ever found was located sixteen feet from the ground, in the crotch of a white birch. Ohio Arbor Day 1913: Arbor and Bird Day Manual Issued for the Benefit of the Schools of our State The white birches were scattering their last year's garments, and she gathered quite a roll. A Little Girl in Old Detroit Here Reuben would make deep incisions in the bark of the white birches, and gather tiny cupfuls of the faint-flavored sap, which, to the children's palates, had all the relish of nectar. Earth's Enigmas A Volume of Stories At last, by a clump of white birches, she found a fallen spruce. A Busy Year at the Old Squire's The trees I loved and played with most in my boyhood, the white birches, for which I still have more fondness than any other in our northern forests, Uncle Lyman cared for not at all. Confessions of Boyhood Another nest, located in a maple five feet high from the ground, was placed on a foundation of dead leaves, coarse meadow grass, and white birch bark. Ohio Arbor Day 1913: Arbor and Bird Day Manual Issued for the Benefit of the Schools of our State No tree is more handsome and none, unless possibly it be the white birch, is so often defaced. Northern Nut Growers Association, Report Of The Proceedings At The Tenth Annual Meeting. Battle Creek, Michigan, December 9 and 10, 1919 On a bank of reindeer moss, at the foot of a great white birch, a mouse-colored donkey sat playing a lute. The Wit and Humor of America, Volume III. (of X.) The white birch was known to be valuable lumber. A Busy Year at the Old Squire's The pine and hemlock and fir were easily learnt; the white birch, too; beyond those, at first, she was perpetually confounding one with another. The Wide, Wide World Gypsy," said Joy, after a silence, "do you remember that knot of white birches? Gypsy's Cousin Joy A safe assumption is that the scriptural reference is not to the creature whose initials appear on the trunk of a beech or whose knife has removed bark from white birch. Northern Nut Growers Association, Report Of The Proceedings At The Tenth Annual Meeting. Battle Creek, Michigan, December 9 and 10, 1919 Back a piece in the woods are a strong young hemlock and a little white birch. The Place Beyond the Winds From half an hour before sunrise till an hour after sunset, during those entire five days, the tall white birches fell fast, the saw hummed, and the bolts went rolling out on the ice-clad lake. A Busy Year at the Old Squire's The forest of magnificent firs through which the road passed presently grew less somber, beginning to be streaked with white birches whose bright leaves twinkled in the sun. Days of the Discoverers He laid the poem in the white birch frame against a stone and proceeded. From the Bottom Up The Life Story of Alexander Irvine As we advanced, here and there, under the white birches or between the dense growth of spruce, broad glimpses were visible of the townships below. The Bay State Monthly, Volume 3, No. 5 It's the standing up straight at last on your own roots like the dear little white birch in the Place Beyond the Winds. The Place Beyond the Winds We reached the lot at one o'clock, and during the afternoon set up the horse-power on the lake shore, at the foot of the slope where the white birch grew. A Busy Year at the Old Squire's The branches of the white birch being small and thickly set, they may be trimmed at will, and windows thus opened here and there without the look of artifice or stiffness. The Garden, You, and I The grace and elegance of the water-willow and the white birch were not for him. A Man for the Ages A Story of the Builders of Democracy Lydia drew a deep breath and paused where through the trunks of the white birches she caught the glimmer of the lake. Lydia of the Pines Her longing, her quaint "for which?" the memory of the Indian guide and the little white birch had performed a miracle. The Place Beyond the Winds The white birches there were from a foot up to twenty-two inches in diameter, having long, straight trunks, clear of limbs from thirty to forty feet in length. A Busy Year at the Old Squire's You spoke in your last chronicle of the screen of white birches through which you saw the sun rise over the meadows of Opal Farm. The Garden, You, and I One beautiful morning as they came to the road, they saw a man not far off busily sketching a clump of white birch trees a short distance away. Under Sealed Orders The white birch stems clustered and leaned; patches of bright-green moss ran between the drifts of leaves. Foes The Connecticut estate consisted of a rambling stone house, an old-fashioned garden, and beyond the garden a grove of white birches. The Gay Cockade A year previously the old Squire had made an agreement with a New York factory, to furnish dowels and strips of clear white birch wood, for piano keys and passementerie. A Busy Year at the Old Squire's True, it has not the length of life, the girth and strength of limb, of the silver-barked canoe birch, but the white birch will grow in a climate that fevers its northern cousin. The Garden, You, and I It is a very common custom for beginners to make camp furniture, posts, and fences of white birch. Outdoor Sports and Games Thirty more paces, however, brought him to the tree, and to his unbounded joy a lone white birch stood just beyond. Troop One of the Labrador We can produce a very superior article by the mere use of bark from a white birch tree, and a common clay pipe. Dorothy Dale's Queer Holidays The air was crisp, but the sunshine was bright, and the bench under the bare branches of the white birch seemed more inviting than indoors. Mr. Pat's Little Girl A Story of the Arden Foresters If these midsummer wood flowers harmonize so well, how much more charming will be the blossoms of early spring, a season when the white birch is quite the most conspicuous tree in the landscape! The Garden, You, and I Some woods, like cedar, chestnut, white birch, ash, and white oak, are easy to split, and wild cherry, sugar maple, hemlock, and sycamore are all but unsplitable. Outdoor Sports and Games The leaves of the aspen and white birch have fallen, and the flowers have faded. Troop One of the Labrador The cheapest are made of white birch, which last one season, or less. The Commercial Products of the Vegetable Kingdom Considered in Their Various Uses to Man and in Their Relation to the Arts and Manufactures; Forming a Practical Treatise & Handbook of Reference for the Colonist, Manufacturer, Merchant, and Consumer, on the Cultivation, Preparation for Shipment, and Commercial Value, &c. of the Various Substances Obtained From Trees and Plants, Entering into the Husbandry of Tropical and Sub-tropical Regions, &c. The delicate leaves of the white birch barely moved, so still was the air. Mr. Pat's Little Girl A Story of the Arden Foresters An unusual variety of trees, hundreds of white birches greatly adding to the beauty of the place, growing in picturesque clumps of family groups and their white bark, especially white. Memories and Anecdotes The white birch is a woman and a goddess. Lazarre Now take a look at them two white birches down by thet big rock. A Gentleman Vagabond and Some Others I also analysed the sap of the yellow and white birch, which do not give any crystallisable sugar, but an astringent molasses. The Commercial Products of the Vegetable Kingdom Considered in Their Various Uses to Man and in Their Relation to the Arts and Manufactures; Forming a Practical Treatise & Handbook of Reference for the Colonist, Manufacturer, Merchant, and Consumer, on the Cultivation, Preparation for Shipment, and Commercial Value, &c. of the Various Substances Obtained From Trees and Plants, Entering into the Husbandry of Tropical and Sub-tropical Regions, &c. Before them the path led through a grove of slim, white birches, tremulous in a pale cloud of light green. The Brimming Cup One thing," repeated Austin, reaching for the tongs and laying a log of white birch across the coals; "and that is Gerald's fondness for pretty girls. The Younger Set We explored the ravine, the light stealing over white birches that glistened like alabaster. Lazarre There was plenty of tender grass to be cropped by the roadside, and the young leaves of the maples and white birch were sweet and juicy. Miss Elliot's Girls Stories of Beasts, Birds, and Butterflies Fascinatedly she watched as Richard set his burden carefully down upon the grass, close to the edge of the pool, the boy's back against a big white birch trunk. The Twenty-Fourth of June Mother, I was going along, up there by the big rock where the white birches grow, and I saw Ralph. The Brimming Cup In the fall, and through the winter too, so far as I can make out, they eat the twigs and bark of different trees, such as white birches and poplars. Camp and Trail A Story of the Maine Woods Fertile fields stretched at my left, and on my right a deep ravine lined with white birches, carried a stream to the Fox. Lazarre At the side of the doorway was the tree which they had collided with, a twenty-foot white birch. Left Tackle Thayer The white birches answered with a rustling stir in all their lightly poised leaves. Hillsboro People Six years afterwards an Indian brought to the governor of the fort a letter written by Kellsey in charcoal on a piece of white birch bark. Pioneers in Canada Getting hold of Herb's axe when the owner was not using it, he felled one of the dwarf white birches. Camp and Trail A Story of the Maine Woods We used to think that the smartest man ever born was the Connecticut Yankee who grafted white birch on red maples and grew barber poles. Toaster's Handbook Jokes, Stories, and Quotations When near the lower end of the lake we stopped at an island to take on food and several cords of white birch wood. Death Valley in '49 The white birches now almost shut the house from view; the barn had wholly disappeared. Hillsboro People Gros Cap rose in the sky, revealing its peak in bolder lines as the searchers pushed up the Ste. Marie, exploring mile after mile of pine and white birch and fantastic rock. The Chase of Saint-Castin and Other Stories of the French in the New World "These white birches were felled by 'em; and a dandy job they did too." Camp and Trail A Story of the Maine Woods White pine, hemlock, and spruce share this country with maples, black and white birches, and beech. Letters of Travel (1892-1913) At the shore near by the Indians were loading a large white birch bark canoe, putting their luggage along the middle lengthways, and the papooses on top. Death Valley in '49 The white birch will spring up in the poorest kind of soil, and it is found in the highest latitude in which any tree can live. Among the Trees at Elmridge He liked to go there sometimes, they said, to look at the sunset from a big rock that stood in the edge of the white birch woods. The Bent Twig They feed on the inner bark of poplar, white birch, and willow trees. Camp and Trail A Story of the Maine Woods She was vividly effective against the background of deep green spruces and white birch in her bright pink dress and large drooping black hat. Wild Wings A Romance of Youth When the warrior leaped out, it was seen to be a mere elongated and ribbed dish of the white birch bark, and a man with one hand could easily lift it. Personal Memoirs of a Residence of Thirty Years with the Indian Tribes on the American Frontiers The red birch, which is more rare than any of the other kinds, is a much larger tree than the white birch, but, like all its relations, it is very graceful. Among the Trees at Elmridge His heard could hardly hold its burden of rapture when he caught the well-known gleam of the white birches. The Village Watch-Tower "I'm going to get all my birds' nests together," said Bert, "and that pretty white birch bark to make picture frames for Christmas." The Bobbsey Twins in the Country I've seen a fine, silvery mist hanging over the bar at sunrise that seemed like her—and then again I've seen a white birch in the woods back yander that made me think of her. Anne's House of Dreams Anne had wandered down to the Dryad's Bubble and was curled up among the ferns at the root of the big white birch where she and Gilbert had so often sat in summers gone by. Anne of the Island When they got hungry they had lunch in the prettiest spot of all . . . on the steep bank of a gurgling brook where white birches shot up out of long feathery grasses. Anne of Avonlea There was a long row of white birches hanging over the lake and the sunshine fell down through them, 'way, 'way down, deep into the water. Anne of Green Gables "What a beautiful grove of white birch trees!" The Bobbsey Twins in the Country There is a big grove of fir trees behind it, two rows of Lombardy poplars down the lane, and a ring of white birches around a very delightful garden. Anne's House of Dreams In the hollows a few white birches trembled, or a mountain ash lit its scarlet clusters; but only a scant growth of pines darkened the granite ledges. Summer The shores and surrounding country were well wooded with spruce, fir, balsam, larch, and an occasional small white birch. The Long Labrador Trail It belongs to Mr. William Bell, and right in the corner there is a little ring of white birch trees—the most romantic spot, Marilla. Anne of Green Gables The bronze birch borer is destroying many fine white birch trees in some parts of the country. Manual of Gardening (Second Edition) When Jim returned the next day I was at work in the pasture painting a group of white birches. The Under Dog This group occupied the central glass box and contained thirty-one species of insects or representations of their work upon wax models of their food plants, namely, white birch, red oak, elm and maple. New York at the Louisiana Purchase Exposition, St. Louis 1904 Report of the New York State Commission They are generally wooded for perhaps two hundred feet from the base, with black spruce, larch, and an occasional small grove of white birch. The Long Labrador Trail She did not sway with the yielding grace of a young white birch; but she was slim and straight, and girlish angles round easily to curves. The Bacillus of Beauty A Romance of To-day So the home-maker in the North plants maples, elms, and a white birch, and in the South a magnolia and China-berry. Manual of Gardening (Second Edition) Possessing all the good qualities of the white birch, it combines with them a beauty and delicate grace yielded by no other tree. Scientific American Supplement, No. 275, April 9, 1881 Mr. Sumner constructed the other furniture in the best rustic style, the framework being of white cedar with the bark on, and the bottoms of the chairs and settees of white birch bark. New York at the Louisiana Purchase Exposition, St. Louis 1904 Report of the New York State Commission The commercial dowel, frequently called a maple dowel, is made of white birch and is exactly suited to our purpose. Hunting with the Bow and Arrow All the rainbow qualities of web were spun on white birch trees. The Cheerful Cricket and Others Deaf to Bob's counsel Van resolutely wound the offending sweater about a great white birch tree that stood at a fork of the path. The Story of Sugar The bark, with age, becomes white, resembling the white birch, and the beauty of the tree increases with its age. Scientific American Supplement, No. 275, April 9, 1881 In glancing into the deserted shanty, they descried a clean strip of white birch bark, lying conspicuously on the ground, a few feet within the entrance. Gaut Gurley Jack said she would fall a prey to that clump of white birches over there, and would want to paint pictures on the bark. The Motor Girls on Cedar Lake Or the Hermit of Fern Island The Château stood embowered amidst lilac groves and other ornamental shrubs, so far as I can recollect, with a background of elms, white birch, spruce, &c. Picturesque Quebec : a sequel to Quebec past and present Here and there a white birch trunk and a yellow patch of oak leaves shone among the dark firs; the beech hedge was covered by withered brown foliage. The Buccaneer Farmer Published in England under the Title "Askew's Victory" But ever since the thrashing Nanahboozhoo gave it it has had to carry the marks of that terrible whipping; and that is why the white birch tree is so covered with scars. Algonquin Indian Tales There were white birches and hemlocks on the hill, and somewhere in the thicket I heard a wood thrush singing. Great Possessions "It's the fir, you know, beyond the white birch." The Little House in the Fairy Wood On a gray rock it stands, whose fretted base The distant cat'ract's murm'ring waters lave, Whilst o'er its mossy roof, with varying grace, The slender branches of the white birch wave. Poems These canoes were made very light, out of white birch bark, and with a fair wind they could skip very lightly on the waters, going very fast, and could stand a very heavy sea. History of the Ottawa and Chippewa Indians of Michigan A Grammar of Their Language, and Personal and Family History of the Author The savages sometimes used the bark of the slippery elm in the construction of their canoes when the white birch could not be obtained. Voyages of Samuel De Champlain — Volume 03 There were tall, white birch trees and trembling aspens, and ash trees grew on the shore. In Midsummer Days, and Other Tales So up they hopped, and without another look towards the shadow out on the snow by the white birch, jumped down the hole, and ran out of the barn into the kitchen. The Little House in the Fairy Wood One part of the road over which they walked was bordered on either side by white birches. Princess Polly's Gay Winter The steamer lies here several hours before starting on her return trip, and takes in large quantities of white birch wood, as she does also at Tadousac. Locusts and Wild Honey In Northern Europe the large, the white birch, the aspen, first appear; then follow the maple, the alder, the ash, the fir; then the oak and the linden; and then the beech. The Earth as Modified by Human Action When she reached the woods, where the white birches stood like shy dryads among the oaks, she heard once more the robin's flutelike call. Old Rose and Silver She rose quickly and went upstairs to her own room, a dim little place shadowed by the white birches growing thickly outside—a virginal room, where everything bespoke the maiden. Further Chronicles of Avonlea "He had a nest in the big white birch last year, and like as not he'll be there again." Marjorie's Vacation Or that indolent Cleopatra on the rustic bench under the white birch tree—she made a pretty picture. The Motor Girls Nothing lay between him and escape—if he could force the white birch bars from the window. The Flaming Forest As we approached the wood a white birch lay across the water at a slanting angle and I could not resist leaving Alfred's side to walk across it. Margot Asquith, an Autobiography - Two Volumes in One On either hand reaching up their steep slopes were the spruce woods with beautiful white birches relieving their sombreness, and above- -the sheer cliffs. Woman's Way Through Unknown Labrador Proceeding up the Susan, we found that the river valley was enclosed by low ridges covered with spruce and a few scattering white birch and aspen trees. The Lure of the Labrador Wild It seemed to her strangely like a quagmire uniformly strewn with hillocks, which were covered with poplars trembling in constant fear; with low firs, and with white birches straying between the hillocks. Mother The yellow and white birch waved their spicy branches soothingly above the songful streams, like emerald sprays of art. See America First He cut a white birch sapling, and swept off its twigs and leaves, then he tied the bunches together, and slung them over the middle of the pole. April Hopes "Birch, too, as I am alive!" he cried, and plunging through the bushes came upon a clump of white birches. Corporal Cameron of the North West Mounted Police; a tale of the Macleod trail There was only pines an' poppies an' white birch an' a few berry bushes on the island. Eben Holden, a tale of the north country The shining boles of the silvery gray birch shot up straight, and the white birch unrolled its patches of dead pallor in the sombre, untrodden depths. Gala-days One turns again and again to admire the white birch arranged in groups, each lovelier than the one just beheld. See America First Down in the grassy glade, among the piles of flint boulders, little white birches shook out their shining leaves in the lightly moving air. One of Ours Like a forgotten dream it came to him that from the tree top he had seen above the spruce thicket the tops of some white birch trees purpling under the touch of spring. Corporal Cameron of the North West Mounted Police; a tale of the Macleod trail I was on the mountain, wandering, wandering; No one but the pine trees and the white birch knew. Anthology of Massachusetts Poets I soon made myself familiar with the rocky nooks along Pawtucket Falls, shaded with hemlocks and white birches. A New England girlhood, outlined from memory (Beverly, MA) Singing brooks flash like silver across green valleys, the rays of the sun fall upon the yellow and white birch boles that look mellow and rich as "pillars of amber and gleaming pearl." See America First Waitstill had on a crown of white birch bark and her braid of hair, twined with running ever-green, fell to her waist. Story of Waitstill Baxter Tall white birches leaned out over the stream, Narcissus-like, as if to see their own beauty in the moving mirror. Little Rivers; a book of essays in profitable idleness Anne leaned against a white birch tree in the corner and laughed heartily, as she was apt to do whenever she thought of Ludovic and Theodora. Chronicles of Avonlea But the trail was satisfying: a path brown with pine-needles and rough with roots, among the balsams, the ferns, the sudden groves of white birch. Babbitt For a number of miles we passed through a country where on both sides of the road grew thickets of oak, yellow and white birch and fragrant pine. See America First |
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