 One of the riddles he tried to solve was a mysterious plant species "Scabiosa trenta", described by Belsazar Hacquet and later proven by Anton Kerner von Marilaun to be a specimen of the already known "Cephalaria leucantha".Together with his friend Albert Bois de Chesne he created an Alpine botanical garden near Bovec.He was among the founders of two amateur music societies in Trieste