The Persistence of Weeds

As transcribed into 21^st Century English by Meighan Chimera

From the original text by

His Most Sublime and Eminent Radiance, Ailann Tiarnan,

2^nd Archon of Skarsia, 10^th emanation of Ashtara

with chapter headings excerpted from

 The Enemy Among Us: A Manual of Warfare

by Sir Kaman Rafmin, Tree Surgeon General of Dolparessa

Text copyright ©2017 Meighan Chimera

All Rights Reserved

Contents

Translator’s Note

Poison Ivy (Rhus radicans)

Moss Rose (Portulaca oleracea)

Fever Tree (Cinchona pubescens)

Spite Shamrock (Trifolium perversii)

Common Poppy (Papaver somniferum)

Western Underground Orchid (Rhizanthella gardneri)

Creeping Thistle (Cirsium arvense)

Clinging Heartweed (Toxicus succubus)

Prostrate Spurge (Euphorbia maculata)

Jackal Food (Hydnora africana)

Cedar-Apple Rust Fungus (Gymnosporangium juniperi-virginianae)

Bracken (Pteridium aquilinum)

Bindweed (Convolvulus arvensis)

Glowgrass (Digitaria lumina)

Fraser Fir (Abies fraseri)

Wild Violet (Viola sororia)

Squirting Cucumber (Ecballium elaterium)

Lover’s Leaf (Candida folium)

Cownip (Acacia bovinia)

Slipping Mickey (Hutchinsonia frangfrangii)

Stinging Nettle (Urtica dioica)

Dolparessan Deathweed (Mortis siderii)

Cogon Grass (Imperata cylindrica)

Cyberthorn (Cyberia spinosa)

Water Hyacinth (Eichhornia crassipes)

Dandelion (Taraxacum officinale)

Appendix: A further expansion of the mysteries of the Ashtara Grove