Lily Plant (Lilium)

Lilies (best known for their striking petals) come in many different colours (including, but not limited to, blue, orange, pink, purple, and white) and flower shapes (commonly, bowl, funnel, recurved (Turk's cap), star, and trumpet) although not all Lilies have flowers. To grow a Lily plant a bulb into nutrient rich soil a quarter of an inch down with 5-6 hours of sunlight a day and water regularly with normal water. It's stem should be sturdy (although it is not uncommon for the stems to bend over due to the weight of it's head) and often green- though not always- and grown to about 1-10 feet tall.

The Lily is has medical uses both magical and mundane, including; burns and scars, angina, spider bites, and a more. The Lily also has the ability to convert sunlight into food and to store it in it’s bulb, a process known as photosynthesis.

English Rose (Rosa)

The English Rose is a shrub that grows to between one and twenty feet and, like the Lily, comes in several different colours. When planting it must be placed in a soil of pH 5.5-7.0. A good way of testing pH in soil is using the spell 'Acidious Revealious' which shows (via the medium of white mist) the pH number of the soil. It is advised to use Dragon Dung to supplement it's growth and help to incorporate magic early on in it's life. They needs lots of water, but large quantities occasionally not small doses often.

There have been 40 medicinal uses recorded of the English Rose which are as follows;

1. Eye diseases/ (as a tea) and to treat cataracts (from skin of the roots)

2. Burns

3. influenza

4. Stomach problems / as a digestive stimulant

5. Diarrhea

6. Chronic finger sores

7. Snow blindness (with an eyewash using petals, stem bark, and skin of the roots)

8. Astringent/ for skin lotions

9. Sore throats

10. Treats rabid dog bites

11. To stop nosebleeds

12. To ease muscular pain/ antispasmodic

13. Antidepressant /ease depression and anxiety

14. Used in love potions

15. Can decrease kidney stones

16. Menstrual regulator (may be mixed with motherwort for cases of heavy flow too)

17. Helps with kidneys

18. Cleansing properties

19. Anti-inflammatory

20. Source of vitamin C

21. Seeds are diuretic

22. Seeds are a laxative

23. Potions with dried petals treat headaches

24. Soaking a cloth in cool rose water may be applied to the forehead to help treat headaches

25. Scent in potions may relieve colic (muggles may use Rosehip tincture)

26. Eases a cough

27. May be used to treat dry skin

28. May be used in a potion to relieve itching for women

29. Combining Rose water with witch hazel makes a potion to help clear up skin with pimples/acne

30. Adding rose oil to bath water helps ease grief, and sometimes insomnia as well

31. Rose tea helps relieve stress

32. Has been used to prevent scurvy by consumption

33. Eases colds

34. Eases fevers

35. Decreases swelling of puffy skin by compressing with rose water

36. Scent in some potions may induce sleep

37. Can help regulate blood thickness

38. Rose oil is known to be antiviral

39.  Rose oil is known to be antibacterial

40. Rose oil and rose water are known to be Antiseptic