It was a fine elk, as I knew by the thick branchy horns.
"Afar in the Forest"
W.H.G. Kingston
There was a large rose garden, but the flowers were nearly over for the season, and the blooms were but poor specimens, nor was their method of culture conducive to the growth of prize flowers; the plants were mostly 3 to 5 feet high, thick stemmed, old and branchy.
"The Incomparable 29th and the "River Clyde""
George Davidson
Here we sit in a branchy row, Thinking of beautiful things we know; Dreaming of deeds that we mean to do, All complete, in a minute or two- Something noble and wise and good, Done by merely wishing we could.
"The Jungle Book"
Rudyard Kipling