From a small potted plant to this dazzling beauty in just four months—full display first season 
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Here is Santa Claus for you all loaded with hundreds 
of beautiful presents—presents of beautiful flowers— 
that’s where we got the name! Each flower of Santa 
Claus is a beauty. They are beautiful dark red in color— 
a shade that cannot be adequately pictured—and they are 
beautiful shape and beautiful in si 2 ,e. Usually lYi to 3 
inches across and occasionally even more. The flowers 
are very regular in shape with a pretty tuft of small petals 
in the center which open up and display a pretty golden 
center. 
Santa Claus is very similar in shape and in quantity of blossoms produced 
to A 2 ,aleamums and Glorymums but grows much taller and is one of the 
most hardy of all. In fact, it is exceedingly hardy and easy to grow. 
On September 24th, 1938, the plant above was 32 inches high, 48 inches 
across and 132 inches around. And it made new growth between that time 
and the time when the photograph was taken. We sincerely believe that 
there were at least 2,000 buds and flowers on the plant at the time. This 
is a conservative estimate. 
Santa Claus blooms early. Usually starts some time during August and 
continues until stopped by frost. But it takes a pretty good frost to stop 
Santa Claus. Santa Claus is probably injured less by frost than any other 
flowers of its type. Often new blossoms open from buds after frost. 
We advise you by all means to have Santa Claus in your garden. Prices: 
^1.00 each; 2 for ^1.75; 4 for ^3.00; 6 for ^3.97. Strong plants out of 
pots with ball of earth on roots. 
Sold Only by R. M. Kellogg Co., Three Rivers, Mich. 
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