Paul Émile de Puydt

Paul Émile de Puydt ( born March 6, 1810 in Mons, † May 20, 1891 ) was a Belgian botanist, economist and writer.

Life

De Puydt was born in 1810 in Mons, the son of Jean -Ambroise de Puydt, the governor of Hainault, and of Adelaïde Michotte. After graduating, he turned first to journalism and worked as editor of the L' Obsevateur du Hainaut. In addition, he co-authored with Henri Delmotte and Hippolyte Rousselle a play entitled " Le candidat à la royauté ", which was premiered in 1831 in Mons. De Puydt eventually began working in administration and was also responsible for the hospices his hometown in this property.

In his spare time he turned to botany, in which he developed a strong preference for orchids. From 1831 he was secretary of the newly founded in 1828 Society for Horticultural art of the city Mons. 1833 had de Puydt with the founding of the Société des sciences, des arts et des lettres of Hainaut, as its vice- president, he, he served from 1858 and as its President from 1865.

De Puydt was married to Fanny Catherine cousin. Together they had a son, Julien, and a daughter, Marie -Thérèse - Philippine.

Works (selection)

De Puydt wrote numerous botanical, as well as social scientific and literary works. Of particular importance are his work on the orchids. In economics, he introduced the concept and design of the panarchy.

• Traies jardiniers, Precede de notions pratiques de physiology végétale et de physique horticole, et de conseils pour la construction of différentes serres. In 1860.
• Les Poires de Mons. Masquillier et Lamir, Mons 1860.
• Traité théorique et pratique de la culture des plantes de serre froide. Orangerie et serre tempérée of jardiniers. Precede de notions pratiques physiology végétale et de physique horticole, et de conseils pour la construction of différentes serres. E. Tarlier, Brussels 1860.
• Les palmiers et les grandes de plantes Ornementales serre froide. E. Donnaud, Paris, 1863.
• Les Plantes DéTé théorique et pratique de la culture des plantes de serre froide, orangery et serre serre tempérées d, traité théorique et pratique de la culture de toutes les plantes qui demandent un abri sous le climat de la Belgique. 2 volumes, H. Monceaux, Mons 1866.
• Les Orchidées, histoire iconographique, Organography, classification, géographie, collections, commerce, emploi, culture, avec une revue descriptive of espèces cultivées en Europe. Ouvrage orné de 244 vignettes et de 50 chromo - lithographies, dessinées d'après nature sous la direction de M. Leroy, dans les serres M. de Guibert. Rothschild, Paris 1880.

• La Charité et les institutions de bienfaisance. In 1867.
• Marche et progrès de la civilization dans les temps modernes. In 1870.
• La Grève. In 1876.

• Chevreuse, roman. In 1859.
• Maudit métier, Histoire du Borinage. In 1883.
• Cent mille francs de dot. In 1890.