Quality Plants 
At Reasonable Prices 
The Tankard Nurseries 
are located at Exmore, on the Famed Eastern Shore 
of Virginia, because this section is one of the finest 
spots on Earth for growing the highest quality Nur- 
sery Stock. 
Plants grow rapidly here, lowering the cost of 
production, and the saving is passed on to you. 
FLOWERING TREES 
Use Flowering Trees to give great masses of color to your 
landscape. 
CHERRY, Flowering. The famous Flowering Cherry of Washington, D. 
C. Sacred Gate (Kwanzan), a double pink variety. 3-4 ft. $3.00. 
Mi. Fuji, a double white, 3-4 ft. $3.00. 
CHERRY, Weeping “Rose Bud” (Prunus subhirtella penduila). These 
droop gracefully from a straight trunk, resembling an open um- 
brella. 5-6 ft. extra select $12.50; 5-6 ft. regular $10.00. 
CRABAPPLE, Flowering. These trees are full of lovely flowers at ap- 
ple blooming time. Many of them grow as large as fruiting apples. 
Few trees are as strikingly full of beauty as are the Flowering 
Crabs in bloom. 
Atrosanguinea variety. Carmine red single flowers in super-abun- 
dance. 3-4 ft. $1.50; 4-5 ft. $2.00. 
HOPA. Red flowers, red leaves, red fruit on an erect, almost ccolum- 
nar tree. 4-5 ft. $1.50; 5-6 ft. $2.00. 
NATIVE (Coronaria). Wild sweet crab with pink flowers in great 
quantities. Nursery grown. 2-3 ft. $1.50. 
SPECTABIUIS. Double pink fragrant flowers. 3-4 ft. $1.50; 4-5 ft. 
$2.00; 5-6 ft. $2.50. 
CREPE MYRTLE. See Flowering Shrubs. 
DOZWOOD, Flowering (Cornus florida). Native white dogwood, nice 
nursery grown trees that will live so much more readily than those 
from the woods. 2-3 ft. $1.00; 3-4 ft. $1.50. 
DOGWOOD, Pink (C. florida rubra). The strikingly beautiful pink or 
red flowering variety. 2-2%4 ft. $3.00; 21%4-3 ft. $4.00; 5-6 ft. $6.50; 
6-8 fi. $8.50 to $12.50; 8-10 ft. $10.00 to $25.00; 10-12 ft. $35.00 to 
$50.00, depending on development of the individual tree. 
FRINGE, White (Chionanthus virginica). Lacy white flowers nanginj 
like a fringe in the spring. 1%-2 ft. $2.00. , : 
MAGNOLIA. See Broad-Leaved Evergreens. = 
RED BUD “Judas Tree’ (Cercis canadensis). Showy pinkish-purple flow- 
ers along the branches in April. Makes a grand combination with 
Dogwood. 2-3 ft. $1.00; 3-4 ft. $1.50; 4-5 it. $2:00; 5-6 ft. $2.50; 
6-2 ft. $3.00. 
SHADE TREES 
ASH, White (Fraximus americana). A fast and large growing tree 
nalive and adapied to Eastern Virginia. A handsome long-lived 
tree. 6-8 ft. $2.50. 
BIRCH, Pazer White (Betula papyrifera). This is Canoe Birch, ihe 
kind the Indians used for their canoes. Snow white bark, fast 
growing, graceful. “The Lady of the Forest’. 6-8 ft. $3.50; 8-10 ft. 
$5.00. 
MAPLE, Norway (Acer platanoides). Long a favorite on_ aczount of 
its beautiful dense round head of deep green leaves. 6-8 ft. $3.00; 
8-10 fi. $4.00. 
OAK, Pin (Quercus palustris). The fastest growing Oak. Straight 
central trunk to which all limbs are attached gives this tree a 
stately character and helps withstand storm damage. It is a 
grea: favorite. 5-6 ft. $2.50; 6-8. ft. $3.50. 
WILLOW, Weeping (Salix babylonica). The ordinary green Weeping 
Willow. 4-5 ft. $1.50. 
WILLOW, Golden Weeping (S. elegantissima). Golden bark gives this 
ree ao most interesting appearance, especially in winter. The trees 
are branched or torked near the ground. 8-10 ft. $3.50; 10-12 ft. $5.00. 
