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INTERVIEWS WITH ORCHIDISTS. 
The Fournal des Orchidées recently commenced an inquiry which will be resumed by 
the Semaine Horticole, and promises to lead to some very interesting results. The following 
questions have been submitted to the subscribers : 
1. How long have you been an amateur? 
2. What induced you to become one? | 
3. Which were the first Orchids you cultivated ? 
4. Which genus do you prefer, and why? 
5. Which in your opinion is the most beautiful Orchid ? 
6. Which are the eleven kinds you prefer in order of merit ? 
7. Are your houses situate in the town or country ? 
8. Do you apply the principles of culture as set forth in Les Orchidées exotiques et leur 
culture en Europe (Exotic Orchids and their culture i in Europe) or in this journal, and what 
do you think of them? 
g. To what do you attribute your success or failure in the cultivation of Orchids? 
10. Do you apply manure to your Orchids, and if so what results have been attained 
thereby ? . 
11. Do you hybridise? 
12. What influence do you think hybridisation will exercise on the taste for Orchids 
and on the composition of collections ? 
13. Do you exhibit? If not, why not? 
14. Which do you consider to be the best method of exhibiting? Do you wish to see 
any innovations or reforms? 
It is pretty evident that this inquiry may furnish much useful information if orchidists 
will only, send in their answers to this set of questions. 
That is the real point, as many years’ experience have proved that amateurs do not 
readily sit down to record the information they have acquired. Besides, what progress 
there would be, what interesting facts would become known, if every one would only say 
what he observed and what he did in his daily practice. 
Anyway the suggestions seem to have met with approval, judging by the large 
number of replies, and their teachings exhibit a pratical utility of which all orchidists 
should avail themselves. The first replies published in the last three numbers of the 
Fournal des Orchidées are those of the Comte pE Bousigs (Belgian), D' Vouaa (Swiss), and 
M. J. Racor (French). Others will appear in the new publication, La Semaine Horticole, 
and the general upshot of the inquiry promises to furnish valuable data as to the tendencies 
and preferences of the orchidists of all countries. 
We shall demonstrate from this time forward that the amateurs whose replies have 
appeared in the Fournal des Orchidées all express themselves as favourable to the PREC PICS 
a the Belgian mode of culture. 
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