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Prairies or savannahs are level lands ^^sually without trees. These 

 vary greatly in character of soil. ]\Iany of them are flooded during a 

 part of the year, especially during the season of summer rains. They 

 are not as extensive nor as important as many of the other lands in the 

 development of citrus groves. 



Fig. 112 — A flat wood.s scene, the Irregular flat topped growth of some of the 

 pines indicating a subsoil of hardpan unsuitable for citrus. (Original.) 



The muck lands are formed hy the accumulation of the vegetation 

 that falls into the water and is thus protected from complete decay. 

 The fresh water marshes which are overflowed lands with a heavy 

 growth of coarse grasses frefjuently are underlaid with muck. E. H. 

 Sellards, State Geologist, in his Fourth Annual Report, says: "The 



Fig. 113. — Canal approach to Lake Okeechobee through the muck lands from 

 the headwaters of the Caloosahatchee River. (Original.) 



