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HOUSE PLANTS: A POTTED HISTORY

THERE'S NO DEFINITIVE ORIGIN STORY HERE, but legend has it that it was that great bearded Babylonian king Nebuchadnezzar II who was possibly the earliest - and certainly the most famous - purveyor of house plants. To please his Persian wife, Amytis, darling Nebbie created a lush, green indoor-outdoor oasis

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