Evangelina Cromwell Mon Jul 04, 2011 3:27 am
Evangelina spent hours upon hours reading up on the various plants. Before she could think about anything else, she still had to choose her four plants. She started to narrow down the to the things she liked; she enjoyed warm weather, even though the average high in Vancouver was around 71 degrees.
She liked that the Dittany plant grew in warm places, and that historically, it was used for cordial and cephalic ailments, to help resist poison and combat putrefaction, and to be useful in malignant and pestilential fevers. She also liked that it was a powerful restorative. Its use makes fresh skin grow over a wound, and after application, the wound seems several days old
Lina also liked the Valerian herb. What she liked best was that the herb was used to work on the nervous, digestive, and respiratory systems as a stimulant, antispasmodic, stomachic, sedative, analeptic, carminative, and nervine.
Just on the fact that the Goosegrass plant grew in the spring, her favorite time of the year, she decided that she would grow it as part of her Herbology assignment. The fact that the plant also had several health benefits was a plus.
Her final plant choice was the Moondew plant. Lina remembered this plant the most by the story her father would tell her and her sisters. A prince once went through great lengths to find the plant used it in a Wiggenweld Potion to awaken a princess who had been given the Draught of Living Death. Remembering the story brought up feelings of being homesick.
She had to pause what she was doing for a second to keep her sad feelings at bay. Lost in her own thoughts, she figured that she should check out some books and figure out where she would find them, and how to grow them. Since they are used in potions, maybe I should ask Professor Sladen for help, she thought. As Lina's coven head and one of her professors, she was sure that she would help her.
Picking out four books, one for each plant, she walked over to get the books checked out, but not before glancing over to the section where the school's sport's history was located, I'll look there later; for now, I'll concentrate on school.
Walking up to Mr. Parkman, she softly said, "I'll like to check these out please."