the "frenchman's garden", as it was known, was essentially utilitarian, a temporary storehouse for material on its way to france. it was set out in beds with the plants ready for transplanting. near the house was a nursery and vegetable garden. local shrubs were planted in rows, more distant plants in small groups or singly. a large part of the garden was a cedar swamp where there was the chinquapin and plantings of "kalmia" and "magnolia".