that they should melt away in a
halo of visibility.

Into the Crystal controversy it is not our desire to enter, but we
would testify to the excellence of Mrs. Peachey's work as being
perfect of its kind.--_The Times._

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We yesterday inspected a beautiful collection of wax flowers by Mrs.
Peachey, artiste to Her Majesty, now on private view at 35, Rathbone
Place. We have seen many specimens of the elegant art of modelling
in wax, but without exaggeration we may declare that more
magnificent and truthful imitations of nature it has never been our
lot to witness. The centre-piece is an immense bouquet of several
hundred flowers, of almost every description, and every hue, from
the gorgeous scarlet cactus to the virgin-tinted snowdrop, modelled
with the closest fidelity, and arranged with exquisite taste. At the
foot are models of the glorious water-lily of Guyana, the recently
discovered Victoria Regia, in several stages of its development,
from the close shut bud with its prickly calyx to the expanded
flower. Some idea of the dimensions of this giant bouquet may be
formed from the fact that it stands nearly six feet in height, and
that the bent plate-glass shade with which it is covered alone cost
L200.

Next to this in beauty as well as size is a vast group of fruit,
fifty inches in height, the shade to which is itself a curiosity,
being we believe, the largest for superficial dimensions ever yet
blown in England. Besides, there are a number of smaller groups of
flowers and fruit, all of singular beauty. We understand that Mrs.
Peachey intended this collection for exhibition at the Crystal
Palace; but, owing to some miscomprehension on the part of the
commission, they have been reserved for private view. The place
assigned to Mrs. Peachey was, we are informed, in one of the
galleries, so close to the roof as to render the solar heat too
dangerous for the extremely susceptible material of which these
articles are composed.--_Morning Advertiser._

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Mrs. Peachey, the artiste to her Majesty, has on view at her
residence, 35, Rathbone Place, some new examples of her
extraordinary skill in wax painting, originally intended for the
Exhibition, but not permitted to appear there in consequence of the