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I
T'S COMMON KNOWLEDGE
that the Eiffel Tower was
unveiled at the World's Fair
in 1889. Less well known is
that distinguished plantsman Latour-Marliac unveiled
his own belle époque marvel at
the same exhibition: a myriad of
hardy water lilies he'd
hybridised.
Those water lilies, the first
of their kind, were a sensation.
They caught the eye of Claude
Monet, who had a pond in his
Giverny garden. Four years later
he began to create his own
jardin d'eau and ordered his