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. Source: Wikipedia (en)