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  • Doncaster Pharmaceuticals Ltd : step into autumn with our September generics offer : available until October 10th 1981.
  • Doncaster Pharmaceuticals Ltd : step into autumn with our September generics offer : available until October 10th 1981.
  • Men carry baskets while people sit by a river; representing autumn. Etching by N. Perelle after himself, 17th century.
  • Farm workers celebrate the bringing in of the harvest, and a woman offers drinks to the landlord's family or to city visitors; representing Autumn. Wood engraving by T.H. Wilson.
  • Four poisonous plants: hemlock (Conium maculatum), henbane (Hyoscyamus niger), opium lettuce (Lactuca virosa) and autumn crocus (Colchicum autumnale). Coloured engraving by J. Johnstone.
  • Cherry blossom and falling leaves, representing spring and autumn respectively, with box of Aspro pills for use in those seasons. Colour lithograph, 1957.
  • A man and a woman in a vineyard in autumn; representing the benefits of the fiftieth year of life. Engraving by Conrad Meyer, 16--.
  • A band is tuning up in a theatre; the stage curtain is inscribed "The autumn session 1890-1". Colour lithograph by Tom Merry, 22 November 1890.
  • A pastoral scene showing the picking, treading and transporting of grapes in an ox-cart; representing autumn. Engraving by R. S., 16th century, after F.G. Bassano.
  • A cornflower (Centaurea cyanus), autumn crocus (Colchicum species) and saffron crocus (Crocus sativus): three flowers with a caterpillar and bee. Etching by N. Robert, c. 1660, after himself.
  • Two attendants are warming sake on a fire of autumn leaves; a woman stands like an apparition between them, holding the sake bottle. Colour woodcut by Kunisada II, 1857.
  • "Here's your bonus- I'm glad it's a good one this time" : as usual we are giving a special bonus of 5% on all Oxo purchases (cubes and bottles) during the Autumn bonus period ... September /October 1954 ... / Oxo Limited.
  • An estate worker who is sweeping up autumn leaves takes off his hat in deference to a little boy who is heir to the estate. Process print after G.H. Boughton, 1873.
  • Colchicum autumnale L., Colchicaceae. Autumn crocus, meadow saffron, naked ladies. Distribution: Europe. Extremely toxic, containing colchicine which is effective in small doses in treating gout. It inhibits mitosis so is of interest in cancer treatment. It is used to treat Familial Mediterranean fever. It induces polyploidy in plant protocorms for the production of tetraploid forms which have bigger flowers and seeds. Photographed in the Medicinal Garden of the Royal College of Physicians, London.
  • Autumnal catarrh (hay fever) / by Morrill Wyman.
  • Autumnal catarrh (hay fever) / by Morrill Wyman.
  • A gathering of a hunting party in an autumnal forest. Colour line block by G. L. Harrison.
  • Prince Genji in elegant modern dress in an elegant apartment with the blinds rolled up so he can enjoy the autumnal garden and listen to the cricket's song; a girl attendant pours him sake. Colour woodcut by Kunisada, 1860.
  • A girl closely followed by a young man rushes towards an old lady sitting on a stool outside a cottage. Stipple engraving.
  • A field being ploughed; representing October. Etching by G. Perelle, c. 1660.
  • The vintage: a man wheeling a barrel past a woman and children carrying grapes. Coloured engraving.
  • A farmer with some sheep; representing November. Etching by G. Perelle, c. 1660.
  • Chinese Materia Dietetica, Ming: Alcoholic beverages
  • Bencard British pharmaceutical products : colchicum autumnale, colchique d'automne.
  • Bencard British pharmaceutical products : colchicum autumnale, colchique d'automne.
  • Scotlab scene introduces new innovations in radiation safety / Scotlab Ltd.
  • Scotlab scene introduces new innovations in radiation safety / Scotlab Ltd.
  • Scotlab scene introduces new innovations in radiation safety / Scotlab Ltd.
  • The four elements, four qualities, four humours, four seasons, and four ages of man. Airbrush by Lois Hague, 1991.
  • The four elements, four qualities, four humours, four seasons, and four ages of man. Airbrush by Lois Hague, 1991.