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The house faces the river, as did the houses of the southern estates, and two elms flank it on either side, shading it and adding to the dignity and repose of the garden which was laid out about 1760. 

[[underlined]] Prospect, the residence of the President of Princeton University [[/underlined]] (1779)

In 1779 Prospect came into the hands of the Morgan family and the record of Colonel Morgan's possession as set down in his diary given to Princeton in 1914, is a veritable mine of information. He planted trees for ornament, elms and English walnuts, he planted cherries and "the fruits of the field", wheat, barley, flax, Indian corn, etc. 

[[underlined]] 53. [[/underlined]] In 1824 Prospect came into the hands of the Potter family and the present house was built by the grandson of Colonel Potter, being planned by a Canadian architect, who also built Castle Point at Hoboken and Guernsey Hall at Princeton. The house is almost unchanged, though the garden has passed through many vicissitudes. On this estate were planted some of the first large native trees to be transplanted from the woods. In 1880 the property was bought for the University. From the set formal beds of the Victorian period with their red, red geraniums, their bluest of lobelias and yellow calceolarias, the plan was changed into the modern form by the Wilsons when Woodrow Wilson was president of the University. Mrs. Wilson's first interest was the garden and it was as if a fairy wand had been waved over it. The long, narrow beds were widened and united to form borders for the paths. A pool, with lovely cedars, was planted in the middle of the garden. Under the wise care of Mrs. John Grier Hibben, who followed the Wilsons, the garden came to its peak of