uisite works are eagerly sought after
and admired by crowds of the _elite_ of fashion and taste.--_Globe._

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This highly talented lady (artiste to Her Majesty) has now on
private view, at her residence, 35, Rathbone-place, Oxford-street,
two splendid works of art, which were intended to have been placed
in the Crystal Palace, but the space allotted to her in one of the
galleries, being not at all adapted to such delicate productions,
Mrs. Peachey was compelled to refrain from carrying out her
intention. These beautiful productions, the sole work of Mrs.
Peachey, (who is self-taught,) comprise a monster bouquet of
flowers, and a large vase of fruit. The former comprehends specimens
of almost every flower known in this country, from the simple violet
to the full-blown magnolia; whilst in the latter we have specimens
of the principal English fruits, including the luscious pine apples
and the unpretending currant. Both groups are most tastefully
arranged, and an enormous expense has been incurred in the getting
up of the stands and glass shades. We advise our readers not to omit
seeing Mrs. Peachey's novel and truly beautiful works, and we
predict they will be abundantly gratified by their visit to her
Exhibition.--_Reading Mercury._

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Mrs. Peachey's group of wax flowers, modelled for the Glass Palace,
is now on view at her house in Rathbone-place. Mrs. Peachey, it
seems, refused the space assigned her by the Committee, on the
ground that heat and darkness would, the one have destroyed, and the
other shrouded the marvels of her skill. The bouquet (which is in a
glass case, unsurpassed for chasteness and beauty of design) is on a
gigantic scale, and contains among the rarest exotics the pride of
the conservatory and the garden. We were as much surprised as
delighted, on paying a visit during the past week at the skill which
can imitate, and even rival, nature in her most attractive aspects.
Conspicuous among the lilies, and other water flowers lining the
base, is the Victoria Regia in its several states. The botanist and
the florist will dwell delightedly on the _cricae_, _orchids_,
_cacti_, the night-flowering cereus, etc., besides numberless others
more familiar to us.--_Dispatch._

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