Thanks to him, the herbarium of his father-in-law, Pierre-Edmond Boissier, has become almost legendary, maintained by himself in a private botanical conservatory in Chambésy. A Sunday leaver, in 1893 the Yverdon - Sainte Croix railway line was inaugurated, paid for entirely by him, with the proviso that it should not run on Sundays. Active in the fight against alcoholism. He introduced the Friesian cattle breed to his estate at Valeyres-sous-Rances.Autograph letter signed Valeyres, 03.09.1910 "Nous vous serions fort reconnaissant pour que le volume "le missionnaire et son œuvre" soit broché pour le 1er novembre 1910…”.