Élie-Abel Carrière
Botanist, Deceased Person
1818 – 1896
Who was Élie-Abel Carrière?
Élie-Abel Carrière was a French botanist, based in Paris. He was a leading authority on conifers in the period 1850-1870, describing many new species, and the new genera Tsuga, Keteleeria and Pseudotsuga. His most important work was the Traité Général des Conifères, published in 1855, with a second, extensively revised edition in 1867.
In addition to his studies of conifers, he published a number of works in the field of horticulture:
⁕Guide pratique du jardinier multiplicateur: ou art de propager les végétaux par semis, boutures, greffes, etc.-- book on propagation of plants by seeds, cuttings, grafts.
⁕Flore des jardins de l'Europe: manuel général des plantes, arbres et arbustes, comprenant leur origine, description, culture : leur application aux jardins d'agrément, à l'agriculture, aux forêts, aux usages domestiques, aux arts et à l'industrie. Et classés selon la méthode de Decandolle par Jacques et Hérincq, / Paris: Librairie agricole de la Maison rustique,
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