swamp-plants

Updated: May 18, 2025

Michael Strogoff spurred his horse into the midst of a grassy prairie, differing greatly from the close-cropped sod of the steppe, where feed the immense Siberian herds. The grass here was five or six feet in height, and had made room for swamp-plants, to which the dampness of the place, assisted by the heat of summer, had given giant proportions.

Jules Verne - Michael Strogoff : Or, The Courier of the Czar