Magical and Mundane Plants - A Wizard's (and Witche's) Guide
written by Katherine Lutz
This book will guide you through all that you need to know in your primary years at Hogwarts in the subject Herbology. Enjoy!!
Last Updated
05/31/21
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Gillyweed
Chapter 1 -
Valerian Root (and sprigs)
Chapter 2 -
Knotgrass
Chapter 3 -
Dittany
Chapter 4 -
The Mandrake [mandragora]
Chapter 5 -
Devil's Snare
Chapter 6 -
Bubotuber
Chapter 7 -
Rat Root
Chapter 8 -
Bouncing Bulb
Chapter 9 -
Gurdyroot
Chapter 10 -
Aconite
Chapter 11 -
Wormwood (absinthe)
Chapter 12 -
Lily (lilium)
Chapter 13 -
English Rose (rosa)
Chapter 14 -
Dandelions
Chapter 15 -
Birch (beth) - December 24 to January 20 (Celtic Calendar) : Wand Woods
Chapter 16 -
Rowan (Luis) - January 21 to February 17 (Celtic Calendar) : Wand Woods
Chapter 17 -
Ash (Nion) - February 18 to March 17 (Celtic Calendar) : Wand Woods
Chapter 18 -
Alder (Fearn) - March 18 to April 14 (Celtic Calendar) : Wand Woods
Chapter 19 -
Willow (Saille) - April 15 to May 12 (Celtic Calendar) : Wand Woods
Chapter 20 -
Hawthorn (Uath) - May 13 to June 9 (Celtic Calendar) : Wand Woods
Chapter 21 -
Oak (Duir) - June 10 to July 7 (Celtic Calendar) : Wand Woods
Chapter 22 -
Holly (Tinne) - July 8 to August 4 (Celtic Calendar) : Wand Woods
Chapter 23 -
Hazel (Coll) - August 5 to September 1 (Celtic Calendar) : Wand Woods
Chapter 24 -
Vines (Muin) - September 2 to September 29 (Celtic Calendar) : Wand Woods
Chapter 25 -
Ivy (Gort) - September 30 to October 27 (Celtic Calendar) : Wand Woods
Chapter 26 -
Reeds (Ngetal) - October 28 to November 24 (Celtic Calendar) : Wand Woods
Chapter 27 -
Elder (Ruis) - November 25 to December 22 (Celtic Calendar) : Wand Woods
Chapter 28 -
Fern Flower : Magical Plants in Literature
Chapter 29 -
Lotus (tree) : Magical Plants in Literature
Chapter 30 -
Moly : Magical Plants in Literature
Chapter 31 -
Venomous Tentacula (Tentacular venimeux)
Chapter 32 -
RASKOVNIK
Chapter 33 -
SHRIVELFIG
Chapter 34 -
EVENING PRIMROSE
Chapter 35 -
MOON FLOWER (and Angel's Trumpet)
Chapter 36 -
NIGHT GLADIOLUS
Chapter 37 -
NIGHT-FLOWERING CATCHFLY
Chapter 38 -
ARCACIA : Short Introductions
Chapter 39 -
APPLE : Short Introductions
Chapter 40 -
ASPEN : Short Introductions
Chapter 41 -
BLACKTHORN : Short Introductions
Chapter 42 -
CHERRY : Short Introductions
Chapter 43 -
EBONY : Short Introductions
Chapter 44 -
ELM : Short Introductions
Chapter 45 -
FIG : Short Introductions
Chapter 46 -
FIR : Short Introductions
Chapter 47 -
MAHOGANY : Short Introductions
Chapter 48 -
MAPLE : Short Introductions
Chapter 49 -
OLIVE TREE : Short Introductions
Chapter 50 -
ROSEWOOD : Short Introductions
Chapter 51 -
THE 4 SACRED MEDICINES - a. CEDAR : North, Winter, White
Chapter 52 - Chapter 53
- Chapter 53
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THE 4 SACRED MEDICINES - b. SWEETGRASS : South, Summer, Red
Chapter 55 -
THE 4 SACRED MEDICINES - c.TOBACCO : East, Spring, Yellow
Chapter 56 -
THE 4 SACRED MEDICINES - d.COMMON SAGE : West, Fall, Black
Chapter 57 -
HERBAL TEAS - BORAGE
Chapter 58 -
HERBAL TEAS - PEPPERMINT
Chapter 59 -
HERBAL TEAS - THYME
Chapter 60 -
HEALING HERBS - SAGE
Chapter 61 -
HEALING HERBS - TURMERIC
Chapter 62 -
HEALING HERBS - CALENDULA
Chapter 63 -
PUFFAPODS
Chapter 64 -
SLIPPERY ELM
Chapter 65 -
LEAPING TOADSTOOLS
Chapter 66 -
AGNUS CASTUS
Chapter 67 -
SPIKY BUSHES
Chapter 68 -
COMFREY
Chapter 69 -
COMPILATION
Chapter 70 -
BELLADONNA
Chapter 71 -
CHINESE CHOMPING CABBAGE
Chapter 72 -
HELLEBORES
Chapter 73 -
MISTLETOE
Chapter 74 -
NETTLE
Chapter 75 -
MORE ABOUT VALERIAN
Chapter 76 -
IMPORTANT GROWTH CHARMS
Chapter 77 -
FIRE PLANTS - Fireweed and Fire Seed Bushes
Chapter 78 -
ANGELUSPROUT
Chapter 79 -
VILE PLUMA
Chapter 80 -
CACTURNUS
Chapter 81 -
TREEVOT
Chapter 82 -
CONJURATION
Chapter 83 -
COCOA
Chapter 84 -
VANILLA
Chapter 85 -
DIRIGIBLE PLUM
Chapter 86 -
PUMPKINS
Chapter 87 -
WILD RICE
Chapter 88 -
DIGITALIS
Chapter 89 -
LAVENDER
Chapter 90 -
FIRE SPELLS
Chapter 91 -
WATER PLANTS - More about Gillyweed
Chapter 92 -
VOCABULARY
Chapter 93 -
BUGS AND DISEASES
Chapter 94 -
CAULDRONS, JARS AND PLANTS
Chapter 95 -
HEALING HERBOLOGY AND SAFETY PRECAUTIONS
Chapter 96 -
CHINESE HERBOLOGIST TRADITIONS (and Aboriginal Medicine men and women of North America)
Chapter 97 -
HEALING HERBOLOGY
Chapter 98 -
VICTORIAN FLOWER LANGUAGE AND USE IN HERBOLOGY
Chapter 99 -
CLASSIFYING PLANTS FOR THE EXPERIENCED HERBOLOGIST
Chapter 100 -
WANDS
Chapter 101 -
MAGICAL PLANTS IN LITERATURE
Chapter 102 -
USE OF HERBOLOGY IN OTHER SUBJECTS
Chapter 103 -
CHALLENGES FACED BY HERBOLOGISTS
Chapter 104 -
WHAT ONE CAN DO IN HERBOLOGY
Chapter 105 -
CONCLUSION AND AFTERWORD
Chapter 106
IMPORTANT GROWTH CHARMS
Chapter 77
First let us cover the Herbivicus charm, and Herbivicus Duo. The Herbivicus charm is pronounced HERB-ehv-eh-cuss (Herbivicus). Now let me hear you say it all together. Good. Now the wand motion is a little complicated. Watch me, please. It is a bit like three blades of grass. Hmm, yes, let’s try this again. Start at your lower left side, about the level of your heart. Draw your hand a little to the right, then up in a semi oval at a forty five degree angle, then almost complete the oval coming back down, and make another thin oval straight up and down. Mirror your first oval on the other side (tilting forty five degrees the other way) and then pull your wand out slightly further to the right.
When casting the spell properly, a vibrant green light will emit from the wand and the plant you’re facing will either grow rapidly before your eyes, or the flowers will bloom. Which occurs depends on the stage of the plant. Larger plants will hardly be affected by the spell unless you use the stronger version: Herbivicus Duo. The same wand movement and spell colour will result. I do not recommend using the “Duo” version of Herbivicus on smaller plants, as the magical influence can overload the plant's senses and cause the plant to become “simple.” What I mean by simple is this: some plants, when interacting with too much magic, will lose their sense of identity and rely heavily on the magic rather than its own power and life source.
By now some of you might be wondering why I have a “Rose Growth Charm” in the lesson. Didn’t we just learn a charm for growing plants? Well, the thing with Roses is that they are rather particularly about how they grow. They do not mind interacting with magic, but are not easily encouraged to grow quickly. The charm is Rosivicus, pronounced ROSE-ehv-eh-cuss. Unlike with Herbivicus, where the spell takes its effect immediately, when casting Rosivicus there will be a delay between the jade green light hitting the plant and the actual growth spurt. The best thing about Rosivicus is that the wand movement is much simpler. It is a clockwise spiral out from the center with two loops and then a sharp cut down. It rather mimics the drawing of a single rose.
Now that we have covered the three main plant growth charms, it is time for us to practice a spell of a different nature. One that may be used for harvesting or for re-planting. The spell, of course, is Mobiliarbus. Pronounced MO-bi-lee-AR-bus, the charm Mobiliarbus is used to move plants. Often around Christmas time when you see trees moving about the castle, Mobiliarbus is the charm being used. A simple flicking of the wand while casting the spell will cause a blue light to shoot out and it the plant. Roots will detach from the ground and allow the caster to move the plant wherever is desirable.
Some interesting history: Mobiliarbus may be used to move any wooden object, other than a tree or plant. It comes from two Latin words, mobilis and arbor/arbustulum, the second of which literally means tree. The extension of using this charm on other objects came when a wizard with too much ale in his body and not as much substance to his brain decided to dance with his Christmas tree, but hit his kitchen table and was contented to dance with that instead. His wife was quite the gossip and none too shy of spreading stories of her “foolish husband,” thus the capabilities of the spell were spread throughout that city and indeed the wizarding world. Mobiliarbus seems to have always been used on all plants rather than just trees, possibly because most wizards didn’t care to find a distinction in terms.
When casting the spell properly, a vibrant green light will emit from the wand and the plant you’re facing will either grow rapidly before your eyes, or the flowers will bloom. Which occurs depends on the stage of the plant. Larger plants will hardly be affected by the spell unless you use the stronger version: Herbivicus Duo. The same wand movement and spell colour will result. I do not recommend using the “Duo” version of Herbivicus on smaller plants, as the magical influence can overload the plant's senses and cause the plant to become “simple.” What I mean by simple is this: some plants, when interacting with too much magic, will lose their sense of identity and rely heavily on the magic rather than its own power and life source.
By now some of you might be wondering why I have a “Rose Growth Charm” in the lesson. Didn’t we just learn a charm for growing plants? Well, the thing with Roses is that they are rather particularly about how they grow. They do not mind interacting with magic, but are not easily encouraged to grow quickly. The charm is Rosivicus, pronounced ROSE-ehv-eh-cuss. Unlike with Herbivicus, where the spell takes its effect immediately, when casting Rosivicus there will be a delay between the jade green light hitting the plant and the actual growth spurt. The best thing about Rosivicus is that the wand movement is much simpler. It is a clockwise spiral out from the center with two loops and then a sharp cut down. It rather mimics the drawing of a single rose.
Now that we have covered the three main plant growth charms, it is time for us to practice a spell of a different nature. One that may be used for harvesting or for re-planting. The spell, of course, is Mobiliarbus. Pronounced MO-bi-lee-AR-bus, the charm Mobiliarbus is used to move plants. Often around Christmas time when you see trees moving about the castle, Mobiliarbus is the charm being used. A simple flicking of the wand while casting the spell will cause a blue light to shoot out and it the plant. Roots will detach from the ground and allow the caster to move the plant wherever is desirable.
Some interesting history: Mobiliarbus may be used to move any wooden object, other than a tree or plant. It comes from two Latin words, mobilis and arbor/arbustulum, the second of which literally means tree. The extension of using this charm on other objects came when a wizard with too much ale in his body and not as much substance to his brain decided to dance with his Christmas tree, but hit his kitchen table and was contented to dance with that instead. His wife was quite the gossip and none too shy of spreading stories of her “foolish husband,” thus the capabilities of the spell were spread throughout that city and indeed the wizarding world. Mobiliarbus seems to have always been used on all plants rather than just trees, possibly because most wizards didn’t care to find a distinction in terms.