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  • South Africa: an avenue lined with Fir trees in Rondebosch. Photograph by George Washington Wilson, 1896.
  • A branch of Japanese fir (Abies firma). Watercolour by S. Kawano.
  • Old fir tree (Abies webbiana) with pendulous lichens. Watercolour, c.1856.
  • Salish girl wearing the fir boughs and goat's wool blanket that signify her adolescence
  • Five figures showing fruit, pericarps and seeds of a gooseberry, fir cone and wallflower. Coloured etching by F. Sansom, c. 1802, after S. Edwards.
  • Pinus mugo Turra, Pinaceae Mountain pine. Distribution: Mountain regions in south and central Europe. Source of pine cone syrup used in cooking. Pine trees in general have a small edible pine nut in the pine cone, which Lyte (1578) writes are 'good for the lungs, they cleanse the breast, and cause the fleme to be spit out: also they nourish well and engender good blood, and for this cause they are good for such as have the cough.' He wrote that it was used for burns, wounds, dysentery, and as a diuretic. Quincy says of fir (Pinus) cones that they strengthen the genital parts, and increase the quantity of seed, or increase Desire without adding to Ability or Performance. Photographed in the Medicinal Garden of the Royal College of Physicians, London.
  • Saint Mary (the Blessed Virgin) as protector against fires. Engraving by Geoffroy.
  • The Christ Child shooting arrows into the believer's heart to conquer the fires of lust. Engraving by A. Wierix, ca. 1600.
  • A four armed deity and three priests sit facing twelve sacrificial fires and make offerings to the god of fire, Agni. Gouache painting by an Indian artist.
  • An elephant fight, with a few men holding spears with sparkling fires at one end. Gouache painting on mica by an Indian artist.
  • A young woman, perhaps Prudentia, warns an alchemist of the dangers of abusing fire: in the background fires rage in buildings and mines. Oil painting after Marten de Vos.
  • A young woman, perhaps Prudentia, warns an alchemist of the dangers of abusing fire: in the background fires rage in buildings and mines. Oil painting after Marten de Vos.
  • A young woman, perhaps Prudentia, warns an alchemist of the dangers of abusing fire: in the background fires rage in buildings and mines. Engraving by C. de Passe after M. de Vos, 16th century.
  • A young woman, perhaps Prudentia, warns an alchemist of the dangers of abusing fire: in the background fires rage in buildings and mines. Engraving by C. de Passe after M. de Vos, 16th century.
  • Fire-fighters and fire-fighting techniques. Process print after R. Cleaver.
  • Protect your child from fire : close fitting garments plus fire guards spell safety : see also our pamphlet "A child in danger" / Fire Offices' Committee, Fire Protection Association, London.
  • Fire-engines. Engraving.
  • Fire engines. Engraving.
  • Agni, god of fire.
  • Westminster Hall: fire-fighters preventing the fire of 1834 from entering the hall. Coloured lithograph, 1834.
  • A soldier in military uniform fires condoms from his gun representing an advertisement for safe sex to prevent AIDS by the STD/AIDS Control Programme, Ministry of Health, Uganda. Colour lithograph by Bayo, D.S., 1996.
  • A fire-engine drawn by horses races through the streets to attend to a fire. Wood engraving.
  • A fire-eater kindling fire in his lungs with the remedy Thermogène. Colour lithograph by Leonetto Cappiello, 1909.
  • Parts of a fire-engine. Engraving.
  • Fire-engines. Engraving by J. Pass.
  • Man and boys by open fire
  • Parts of a fire-engine. Engraving.
  • Fire-engines. Engraving by J. Pass, 1805.
  • Robert Powell, a fire-eater. Engraving, 1813.
  • Hydraulics: three fire-engines [?]. Woodcut, 1659.