larch-boughs and bracken were the materials used.
"Reminiscences of a South African Pioneer"
W. C. Scully
Tired of the ways of society, Jimmy and I determined to have done with civilization, so we built, with infinite pains and some measure of skill, a large hut in the deepest and loneliest part of the larch-forest.
"Reminiscences of a South African Pioneer"
W. C. Scully
And was there not plenty of larch timber lying about, that had been thrown and not sold, that would make a very good spar-gate, without purchasing one?
"Hodge and His Masters"
Richard Jefferies