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Schneevoogt, George Voorhelm (b,1775) 
According to 7^ Roberts, "The Voorhelms of Haarlem," Jour, 
Roy. Hort. Soo. 60:199-208 (May 1935), the "G. Voorhelm Schneevoogt" 
who wrote descriptions for Schwegman’s "leones plantarum rariorum" 
(Haerlem, 1793), was George Voorhelm, bom 1775, son of Gottfried 
Schneevoogt and grandson of George Voorhelm, author of the "Treatise 
on the hyacinth," The Library of Congress printed card for Schweg- 
man’s "leones" (1-6505) gives an added entry for Schneevoogt, 
Gustav Eduard Voorhelm, without dates. This was most likely the 
Gustaaf Eduard Voorhelm Schneevoogt (1814-1871), whose "Levensschets" 
by Bonders, in Jaarb, K, Akad, Wetensch, Amsterdam, 1872, p,50-99, 
states that he sprang on his father's side from the Schneevoogts 
and Voorhelms who were noted in the floricultural history of Haarlem, 
It was the custom that the son of the house who was so designated 
should become the head of the floricultural firm, and this lot fell 
to the father of Gustaaf Eduard, who was probably our George Voor¬ 
helm Schneevoogt, born in 1775, The latter must have been the "G. 
V. Schneevoogt" whose article in Allg, Teut. Gart. Mag, 2: 420, is 
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dated "Harlem 30, Sept, 1805," and member of the firm issuing the 
"Blumenzwiebel-Catalog von den Herrn, Voorhelm u. Schneevoogt, 
blumisten zu Haarlem in Holland," which is extracted in the same 
journal, Intelligenzbl, no,4, p.xxxiii-xxxiv (June 1809), There 
are also articles signed "Schneevogt" or "Schneevoogt" who was a 
"blumist in Haarlem" in Verhandl. Verein Bef6rd, Gartenb, Berlin, 
2:51-56 (1825); 10:252-265 (1834); and 11:261-266 (1835), The date 
of his death has not yet been found, Mr, Roberts' article, l,c,, 
quotes documents showing that the firm name was "Voorhelm & Schneevoogt" 
in 1774 end 1775, and from the extract in Allg, Gart. Teut. Mag., it 
appears that the firm retained the same name at least as late as 1809, 
(MM-0ct.l938) 
