Gertrude jekyll biography of barack

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Gertrude jekyll biography of barack

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'From a portrait by William Nicholson, painted in 1920'
(frontispiece to Jekyll).

Gertrude Jekyll, garden designer and author, was born on 2 November 1843 in London, the fifth of seven children of Edward Jekyll and his wife, Julia, née Hammersley.

One brother, Walter Jekyll, was a clergyman, music teacher and w