Some of the flora referred to in 'The Inseparable Santa Sprees':

Ladder Fern (nephrolepsis stepcordifolia)
The ladder fern is a quite different fern from the one our hero picks holes in. This fern has a peat balck club foot which acts as shallow root. When disinterred, the ladder fern makes a fine, if benign, spear.

Liquorice (glycyrrhiza glabra fountain)
Liquorice roots bind together most of the crumbly subfirma of Southern Europe (from Andalucia to Arcadia). Each year shortly after the Octal equinox, the younger, umber roots migrate to the nicer bits of Asia Minor.

Stinging Nettle (urtica dioca itai)
Until the discovery of dock leaf sap, ancient wisdom held that those of impure intent who brushed against a nettle's fur would agitate one of the 49 embers of hell. We now know that the so-called 'sting', histamine & acetylocholine hydoxytriptamine, makes a soothing balm for the eyes.

Balsa (ochroma pyramidale nee langopus)
An evergreen and the softest hardwood. The Mayans used balsa to make horce tontas (literally 'silly gibbets'). The word 'balsa' comes from the Spanish for inglorious raft.

Pine Needles (pine fresh fragrance)
The spiral growth of branches, needles, and cone scales are arranged by God in Fibonacci number ratios. If they don't die, a cluster of needles can live for up to 40,000 years.

Some of the fauna referred to in 'The Inseparable Santa Sprees':

Sparrow (catullus phyllyp passeridae)
Field sparrows are drawn to yellow flowers and, when possible, will nest in the trunks of poets. The thrill of their sharp pecks inspired the silent musical 'Scythe the Low Sward'.

Mole (aerating talpidae)
Moles have been tilling our red pasture since 1702. Smug, velvety, colourblind, adult moles have 44 teeth and 49 distinct ways to exprees the sentiment "I am absolutely covered in mud".

Worm (gorging annelida)
Despite losing some ground to tigers, the predatory cutworm remains at the top of the food chain. 1001 nermatodes survived the Columbia space shuttle crash, proving that worms are now ready to conquer space and undermining the terracentric slurs of yore.

Albatross (albus diomedeidae)
No matter how hard they flap, albatrosses cannot traverse the doldrums. The Southern Royal can infest wintry sunlight with its curse.

Aphid (super family aphidoidea)
When it isn't gorging on petals, an aphid is probably fighting one of its arch enemies, the lacewing or the hoverfly. Once engaged in mortal combat, an aphid can transform itself into a ray-emitting greenfly by an act of will.

Finch (irma ramona frigillidae)
Finches are seed-eating birds with conical beaks and twelve tail feathers. According to Thorpe's study of birdsong, an adult finch only knows two songs: a fast one and a slow one.