Herbology Notes
written by Sienna Dixon
NOTE: These notes alone won't get you an E or O, you do need to look over the actual lesson. Use these notes as a study tool for studying or completing OPEN book quizzes. Y3 L1-L9 notes are in the progress of being taken. For now, they are unedited so do expect some spelling and grammar mistakes until I fully revise them.
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Y4 L1: All Grown Up
Chapter 29
Herbology Related Professions:
- Field work: Though a vague category of work, fieldwork refers to the process of exploring different enviorments and habitats. From there, they evaluate the growth of different plants and what can be done to preserve sustainibility.
- Growing/Supplying: Those who grow and supply herbs for the wizarding world to recieve.
- Research: Those who focus on discovering new information and scientific theory based on a variety of observations and experiments. For example, researcher Ocamier Flintson filled 22 greenhouses with just asphodel before death. He discovered that asphodel could be used in different creams to alleviate symptoms of Spattergroit.
- Apothecary Work: Those who sell various herbs and plants to the wizarding world.
- Breeding: Those who take care of magical creatures must have basic knowledge of plants, and how the animals they breed interact with the enviorment.
- Healing: Often positions which originate in St Mungos and require high marks in potions and Herbology NEWTS, healers use their knowledge to care for the sick.
- Ministry of Magic: Many departments in the ministry deal with Herbology to some extent.
- Potioneering: Those who create solutions. It is vital within this role to understand the properties of plants which are used in potions.
Boxingwood:
Boxus semperledens, hails its origins from the common Box (Buxus sempervirens). Ingaret Purslane found intrest within the tree since it was able to purge bile and other negative sources of flotsam and jetsam. Decades of experimentation later in 1663, the Boxingwood we know today was born. Multiple professions were involved in keeping the tree safe from muggles and other fields, since it had some overlap with Womping Willow pollen within experimentation processes. As for the growing requirements of this plant, a netrual pH level of 6.5 to 7.0 is required and should be placed in either full or partial shade. This evergreen which grows to around 30 feet tall can be used for many purposes. The seeds and bark in particular are often used in anicdotes to combat posions. They can also remove hangnails and soothe fevers. Leaves on the otherhand, are used in the Frostbite Philter and the Assertive Blend. However, there are many side effects which should be reguarly monitored due to the nature of this tree.
