The main source of the translated material Der Orchideengarteen published was French literature; Der Orchideengarten published works by such authors as Voltaire, Charles Nodier, Guy de Maupassant, Th??ophile Gautier, Victor Hugo,[5] Villiers de l'Isle-Adam [6] and Guillaume Apollinaire.[7] Other noted writers such as Apuleius, [8] Charles Dickens,