n the more endurable materials of wax. Naturally afraid of
jeopardising the work on which so much time and labour has been
bestowed, Mrs. Peachey has withheld her contribution from the Great
Exhibition; whether wisely or not, we are not here called upon to
pronounce.

We can only bear witness to the evidently botanical fidelity of
execution with which the forms and colours so lavishly spread
throughout nature have been mimicked. In wax work generally, one is
made painfully aware of the all-powerful presence of the forceps,
but here we notice little or nothing of the kind, this is especially
the case with the small blossoms, which expand their petals
throughout a monster bouquet in wax.

In thus perfecting the imitative arts, however, no sense should be
left unsatisfied; to the pleasure of seeing, might be super-added
that of smelling. But in this further aim might be lost sight of
that great object, viz., utility, which at present is one of the
aims successfully attained by Mrs. Peachey.--_Daily News._

FINIS.

W. N. HORTON, Printer, London and Greenwich.

Transcriber's Endnotes:

The following significant errors have been corrected:

Pg. xvi. "Lilium Lancefolium" to _Lilium Lancifolium_.
Pg. xvi & 42. "Mignionette" to _Mignonette_.
Pg. xvi. "Passa Flora" to _Passiflora_.
Pg. xvi. "Tulip, Vanthols" to _Tulip, Van Thol_.
Pg. xvi. "Cheiranthus Cheri" to _Cheiranthus Cheiri_.
Pg. 13. "convolvolus" to _convolvulus_.
Pg. 58. "Sir R. Scomburgh" to _Sir R. Schomburgk_.

Spelling errors in the press extracts remain as printed, but have
been noted below:

Pg. 69. "accasia" should be _acacia_.
Pg. 70. "cricae" should be _cricaea_.

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