He taught classes in the communities of
Arbois (1882–89) and
Baume-les-Dames (1889–98), and in the meantime, received his degree in natural sciences at
Besançon (1889) and his doctorate from the
University of Lyon (1892). From 1892 he was a professor of agricultural botany at the faculty of sciences of Besançon, where he taught classes up until 1930. At Besançon, he also served as director of its
botanical garden.[1]
From 1902 to 1919 he was director of the agricultural station of
Franche-Comté. From 1903 up until his death, he served as president of the Société d'Horticulture du Doubs (Horticultural Society of
Doubs).[1]
Selected works
Contribution à l'étude du genre Pulmonaria, 1891 – Contribution to the study of Pulmonaria.
Histologie comparée des Ébénacées dans ses rapports avec la morphologie et l'histoire généalogique des ces plantes, 1892 – Comparative
histology of
Ebenaceae. Relationship involving the morphology and genetic history of these plants.
Histoire des Magnoliacées, 1895 – On
Magnoliaceae.
Abiétinées du département du Doubs au point de vue de l'arboriculture et de la sylviculture, 1895 –
Firs of Doubs department from the viewpoint of
arboriculture and
forestry.
Flore nouvelle de la chaîne jurassique & de la Haute-Saône, à l'usage du botaniste herborisant, 1895 – New flora of the
Jura chain and of
Haute-Saône.
Recherches anatomiques et taxinomiques sur les rosiers, 1898 – Anatomical and taxonomic research of roses.
Traité élémentaire et pratique de botanique agricole, 1902 – Elementary and practical treatise of agricultural botany.
Les noyers et les carya en France : espèces et variétés – culture – maladies – produits, 1912 – The
walnut and
hickory trees of France; species and varieties, cultivation, diseases, products.
Leçons de botanique appliquée a l'horticulture et notions d'horticulture pratique, 1924 – Botanical lessons applied to
horticulture and concepts of practical horticulture.[2]