For weed fans weed is a flower

The cannabis factory in its natural state, with its slender stalk, graceful palmate leaves and saw-toothed circulars, is a thing of singular beauty as aesthetically different from those dried jars of flowers as a cow in the field is from shrink- wrapped hamburger galettes in the supermarket. The folks at Broccoli magazine celebrate that beauty in a coffee- table- good hardcover print book of artful weed photography that was published late last time.

The title on the cover is a reference to a 1911 quotation by minstrel Ella Wheeler “A weed is but an unloved flower”), and the 168 runners in between are filled with magical prints that showcase the factory’s beauty.

It includes weed ikebana (the Japanese art of flowery arranging that juxtaposes the delicate factory with others including tansy, chamomile and raspberry of paradise), ghostlyX-Ray-like cyanotypes, close- ups of pollinator insects shortly at rest on owed leaves and indeed some comical shots of lady slippers and ewer shops posed with smoking joints, which leaves you wondering how “Little Shop of Horrors’” Audrey II would fare with the munchies.

Weed botanical illustration art print

This limited- edition print from Goldleaf, a Cincinnati- grounded design company that also makes weed journals and reference cards, depicts a womanish weed factory in the retro- fogy style of those hand- drawn botanical illustrations that were so two centuries agone.

This bone is ultramodern- day, though — a pen- and- essay illustration by Nathan Maggard is published (in the U.S.) on thick matte archival paper and available in two sizes 18- by- 24 elevation or 24- by- 36 elevation.

Concentrate storage case

L.A.- grounded Apothecarry( innovated by Whitney Beatty, who’s also the author and principal superintendent of Josephine & Billie’s apothecary) was launched on the premise that it’s time to gutter the shoebox — i.e., weed and all its paraphernalia earn not to be stored down in the top of the closet but displayed proudly. The result was a range of humidor- suchlike cinch boxes with elegantly appointed innards that helped keep jars of condiment fresh, systematized and secure. 

Now Beatty’s trying to also elevate the experience for weed concentrate druggies (a.k.a. dabbers) with the Dabney, a sturdy, handsome rustic case with a glass lid that showcases 24 clear, food-safe jars perfect for holding the colorful waxes, shatters, crumbles and canvases that dabbers prize for their varying density and colors. A lidded box on one side is designed to hold dabbing tools and inventories. The delightful part?

There’s an LED light board bedded in the lid (powered by a 9V battery) that gives a redundant punch of theatricality to the light- framed concentrate jars.

The bubbler

This bubbler (think of it as a kind of bong/ pipe mongrel), which doubles as a cub vase when not in use, actually inspired the theme of this time’s weed gift companion. It’s from Wandering Bud, a five- woman platoon that designs and hand- makes a range of artsy — and cute as the Mephistopheles earthenware smoking bias (bongs, pipes and chillums among them) in a Kansas City,Mo., plant.

This one, dubbed the Billie, is the bestseller of the bunch, according to author Riley Brain, and it’s easy to see why. Clocking in at around 7 elevations altitudinous with a glazed finish (the one pictured over is in a shade called moss; it’s also available in lilac, plum and flume), it’s nearly insolvable to tell that it’s a smoking device at all thanks to the concealed downstem, invisible side carb and a coliseum that’s nothing further than an indenture with four bitsy holes. For standard shipping, orders need to be placed byDec. 15 for Christmas delivery. For expedited shipping, the deadline is Dec. 21.