Still Life with Skull and Pipe, 1642
‘Vanitas Still Life with a Bouquet and a Skull’ by Adriaen van Utrecht in 1642
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Big Eddy Poppy, 1920’s
Camouflaged poppy field in Big Eddy, British Columbia, Canada 1920’s
A Tree Grow’s in Detroit, 1971
“Marihuana plant” growing in tree’s flower bed in Detroit, Michigan September 16, 1971
Fragrant Flower Shop, 1954
Fragrant Flower Shop “FLOWERS AND DOPE: Figuring prominently in yesterday’s major dope arrests was the Fragrant Flower Shop, at 729 Washington-st, San Francisco… The shop was a ‘front’ for dope dealings.” April 5, 1954
Close Up Bud, 1963
“Close up of marijuana seized in an drug bust” San Francisco, California June 28, 1963
The Giantess, 1857
The Giantess In those days when Nature’s overwhelming Lust Engendered infant-monsters day by day I’d love to have lived with a young giantess. Like a lazy cat at the foot of my queen I’d lay. I’d watch her grow into Read More …
Oregon Narcissus, 1850
Miner Toi Kee displays narcissus grown for the Chinese New Year celebration holding a water pipe and incense in Jacksonville, Oregon 1850’s “A genus that is very complex and burdened with numerous uncertainties” — Schultes & Schultes description of Read More …
Sunshine, Food and Medicine for the Soul
“Flowers always make people better, happier, and more helpful; they are sunshine, food and medicine for the soul.” -Luther Burbank Photo by Jindřich Štreit
Poppies of Oz, 1900
The Scarecrow and Tin Woodman carry a sleeping Dorothy and Toto out from the field of Deadly poppies. By W. W. Denslow circa 1900 “All across the meadows, many poppies blossomed, and that were so hypnotic and brilliant Read More …
The English Flower, 1906
“well-grown plants looking graceful. It should be sown in the open ground” – ‘The English flower garden and home grounds’ by William Robinson 1906 The English flower garden and home grounds – William Robinson 1906 Cannabis Sativa (Hemp Plant) Read More …