Élie-Abel Carrière (4 June 1818 – 17 August 1896) was a French botanist, based in

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. He was a leading authority on conifers in the period 1850–1870, describing many new species, and the new genera ''

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'', '' Keteleeria'' and ''

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''. His most important work was the ''Traité Général des Conifères'', published in 1855, with a second, extensively revised edition in 1867. There is a brief biography of Carrière, in English, in the journal ''Brittonia''. In addition to his studies of conifers, he published a number of works in the field of

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: * ''Guide pratique du jardinier multiplicateur: ou art de propager les végétaux par semis, boutures, greffes, etc''. (1856)-- 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'', (Flora of the gardens of Europe: general handbook of plants, trees and shrubs, including their origin, description, culture: their application to

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, to agriculture, forests, domestic, arts and industry. And classified according to the method by

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with Henri Antoine Jacques and François Hérincq) / Paris: Librairie agricole de la Maison rustique, (1857) * ''Entretiens familiers sur l'horticulture'' (1860) * ''Encyclopédie horticole'' (1862) -- Horticulture encyclopedia * ''Production et fixation des variétés dans les végétaux'' (1865) * ''Origine des plantes domestiques démontrée par la culture du radis sauvage'' (1869) -- Origin of domesticated plants demonstrated by culture of wild radish. * ''Semis et mise à fruit des arbres fruitiers'' (1881). In 1880, he described Iris orchioides.

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French horticulturists Pteridologists 1818 births 1896 deaths 19th-century French botanists {{France-botanist-stub