A History of Magic- a Journey Through the Hogwarts Curriculum by Pottermore Publishing

Author:Pottermore Publishing
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Pottermore Publishing

Down the centuries, plants were used for medicine as much as they were for myth-making and magic. Harry Potter might have forgotten to add hellebore to his Draught of Peace, but the proliferation of herbals in the 17th century and beyond ensured that the properties of the plants were understood very widely. Botanical books were often labours of love – literally so in the case of Elizabeth Blackwell’s – and often of rigorous study, such as the one based o nthe garden of the Bishop of Eichstätt. Some depictions of plants were highly accurate and scientific, while others veered into the Romantic, only demonstrating all the more the grip they had on the creative imagination of people in the 18th and 19th centuries.

Botany is a fascination that endures – even if we don’t rely on plants like we used to for medicinal purposes, they are still used the world over. But while some pesky creatures associated with herbology, like the gnomes of the wizarding world, still sit in our gardens, mandrakes had long receded in our memories before the Harry Potter stories brought them back into popular consciousness.

Herbology was, historically, an area of study for the rich but was also essential to the poor. For Harry, it is a subject which has a bearing on some of his key decisions – and mistakes. Pomona Sprout was named for the Roman goddess of abundance, and Herbology lessons certainly prove fruitful for Harry, Ron and Hermione.

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