Auguste Rivière Explained

Auguste Rivière (8 January 1821 in Grenoble  - 14 April 1877 in Paris) was a French horticulturalist and pomologist.

Born "Marie Auguste Rivière" into a family of horticulturalists, in 1859 he was appointed head gardener of the Jardin du Luxembourg in Paris. From 1868 he was a senior manager at the Jardin du Hamma, located near Algiers. Rivière's specialities included orchids, fruit trees, roses and vineyards.[1]

Selected publications

Notes and References

  1. https://books.google.com/books?id=TCdOAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA301 Google Books
  2. http://www.worldcat.org/identities/lccn-no2011-148114 WorldCat Identities