spreading crown. Leaves of goldenrain-tree are up to 18 inches long
and bipinnately compound with numerous small ovate lanceolate,
shallow-toothed leaflets (Fig. 36). Small yellow flowers appear in
early September and October in terminal panicles, followed by bright
pinkish-red, papery capsules containing black, shot-like seeds. Seed
capsules borne after yellow flowers resemble bougainvillea bracts.
 Goldenrain-tree is an excellent shade tree for small homes and
is useful as a flowering and specimen tree and for creating oriental
effects. This tree may also be used in border plantings and as a
street tree. Goldenrain-tree tolerates most soil types and grows better
than most trees in dry and alkaline soils. It is resistant to high winds.
Principle pests of this tree are scales and mushroom root-rot. Seed-
lings may become a problem under and around fruiting trees.

 Lagerstroemia spp. Lythraceae. Crape-Myrtle. Southern, Central
and Northern areas. Deciduous.
 Crape-myrtle, Lagerstroemia indica, a native of China, is an up-
right-spreading large shrub or small tree that grows to a height of
30 feet with a 15 foot spread. Crape-myrtle usually forms a clump
of several trunks with smooth tan or cinnamon-colored bark. Leaves
are simple, smooth, elliptic to oblong, up to 2 inches in length, with
short petioles borne alternately on winged twigs. Crape-myrtle pro-
duces large panicles of purple, red, pink or white flowers 11/2 inches
across during May to July (Fig. 37). This tree is adapted to central
and northern Florida.
 Queen crape-myrtle, Lagerstroemia speciosa, native to India and
 Australia is a showy tree that grows to 60 feet in height. Leaves are
 oblong to ovate, leathery and up to 12 inches long. Flowers up to
 3 inches in diameter are produced in large terminal panicles during
 early summer in tones of mauve and pink. This tree is adapted to
 southern Florida.
 Crape-myrtle grows best in full sunlight, but will tolerate light
 shade and is moderately tolerant of salt spray. Trees are relatively
 easy to transplant and grow; however, they are attacked by powdery
 mildew, sooty mold, mushroom root-rot and aphids. Crape-myrtle
 is useful as a flowering specimen plant, patio tree, in background of
 border plantings, as a roadside tree and as a framing tree.

 Ligustrum lucidum. Oleaceae. Glossy Privet. Central and North-
 ern areas. Evergreen. China, Korea and Japan.
 Ligustrum lucidum and Ligustrum japonicum have been confused
 and their correct names transposed. Wax privet, so widely planted
 as a large shrub is Japanese privet (Ligustrum japonicum).
 Glossy privet attains a height of 25 feet. Leaves are simple,
 pointed, ovate to ovate-lanceolate, with 6 to 8 pairs of secondary veins,
 and up to 6 inches long. Small, white flowers are produced in compact
 terminal panicles in spring, followed by purple to blue-black fruits in
 fall and winter (Fig. 38).