Ross flipped his quill round to face his parchment and started taking notes on the Ministy of Magic! He listened carefully to the others in the class and took down notes on what they were saying.

Professor Virohsa nodded. "Very good! Oh my, you are certainly well-informed for students", she said with a small smile. "4 pts for Martha, 3 for Llew, Jean, and Bam... And Bam, a word of caution. Do not be late again. If it wasn't because you made sure you were not interrupting class I would have taken 10 pts from Slytherin again", she warned him.

"Now, who can tell me of different departments that work within the Ministry of Magic? Perhaps some of your parents work there", she said with a smile.

Sarah raised her hand, "The Ministy has many departments, the Department of Mysteries is on Level 9. Department of Magical Games and Sports including the British and Irish Quidditch Headquarters, Official Gobstones Club, and Ludicrous Patents Office is on Level 7. Level Six is the Department of Magical Transport includes the Floo Network Authority, Broom Regulatory Control, Portkey Office, and Apparation Test Center. There is also the Department for the Regulation and Control of Magical Creatures on level 4, level 3 is the Department of Magical Accidents and Catastrophes and on Level 2 there is Department of Magical Law Enforcement which contains the Auror HQ."

:: Lauren wrote down the notes as fast as her hand would go.::

Ross raised his hand.

"the wizards and witches who work the Department of Mysteries are commonly known as the unspeakables! The department of mysteries is a round room with lots of doors and spinns round to confuse who ever enters it"

Ross also scribbled down more notes.

Professor Virohsa smiled pleased as Sarah gave her answer. "Very well! 5 pts for Sarah", she exclaimed. She continued to listen to suggestions... and then stopped as Ross spoke. "Dear child, I find it.. interesting as well as dangerous that a young student like yourself knows about the Unspeakables", she watched Ross carefully.

".. Regardless, we shall continue our lesson. As you may know, the Ministry of Magic works closely with St. Mungo's. How may this relate to Herbology?", she gave the class a small grin.

Jaren raised his hand. "Many different kinds of magical plants are used in healing, so a Healer would need sufficient knowledge in Herbology in order to decide which plants should be used in a certain situation to speed recovery of a patient."

Jamie raised her hand and said, "Well, many Healers at St. Mungo's use many of the plants that you discuss to us in Herbology."

Olivia raised her to answer as well, "I believe for students it's also a required course to be able to become a Healer."

jean raised her hand "i think its also becase alot of plants are venemous and not only do they heal they can hurt.. the healers need to know how to treat the affects of dangerouse plants"

Llewellyn raised his hand, "Many plants, like potions, are closely regulated by the ministry of magic due to their effects on the human body. While many plants have beneficial magical properties they also have potentially harmful properties. As such, St. Mungo's staff probably needs to work closely with the ministry so they may be able to use said plants while being relatively unhindered by beurocracy." Llewellyn thought for a moment, then added before another student raised their hand, "As a side note Professor, it is interesting how the ministry closely regulates such plants, while the non-wizarding governments of most nations have very few laws regulating the sale or possession of potentially deadly plants. This is an instance where ministry of magic regulations and interventions work more effectivley and beneficiently than their non-wizarding counterparts."

Bam heard all the answers he thought of so he just wrote... and wrote.... and wrote.
"Sorry about being late Professor Virohsa." Bam said sincerely.

"the healers need the medicine from the plants to help heal there patients so the can recuperate" said Liam

Professor Virohsa nodded as she heard the answers. "Yes, very well", she said pleased. "2 pts shall be awarded to Jaren, Jamie, Olivia, and Jean. 4 pts shall be awarded to Llew for connecting all of these previous statements to the Ministry." Then turning to Bam, she said in a slightly irritated mood, "Do not interrupt class! If you are sorry you can apologize in writing or at the end of the class. For your interruption I shall take 5 pts from Slytherin", she narrowed her eyes.

"Good! Now that we are aware of such connection, I want you to read pages 89 to 120 regarding researching poisoneous plants chemicals. Specifically, I want you to focus on the chemicals of the following plant", she nodded. "Can anyone recognize it?"

~ Nichole raised her hand. " Is it a sort of weed?"~

Professor Virohsa shook her head. "No, dear.. It is not a weed. It is a plant. It has flowers", she pointed at the new closeups in the blackboard.

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Cherry raises her hand. "Is the second one a trumpet vine, also known as a trumpet creeper, Professor?"

Llewellyn looked up from his book and raised his hand, "Is it Larkspur Professor? Whose scientific classification is Delphinium. It can casue respiratory problems as well as vomitting. It can be cultivated for numerous herbal remedies, and was once believed to possess the ability to keep witches from invading the stables of farmers and merchants in Eastern Europe."

Professor Virohsa shook her head. Waving her wand, a new blackboard appeared. "No dear, this is what the trumpet vine looks like", she said as she waited for other students to give the correct answer.

Sarah looked at the pictures and then raised her hand, "Is it a Solanum carolinense?" She guessed, "A horse nettle?"

Cherry decides to try again. "Could it be a Bittersweet Nightsade, Professor? Or perhaps it could be a Cardinal Flower?"

Jamie raised her hand and said, "Larkspurs Poisoning or Green Cestrum."

"Are those Poppys?" Xavier asks completely confused. He knew he was wrong but he might as well guess.

Rosa thought recognised the flower. she knew something that looked like it and it was poisonous... she raised her hand 'could it be a linaria?' she asked 'erm.. a toadflax?'

Ashley huffed to herself and rested her elbow on the table and her head in her hand studying the pictures, trying to figure out what they could be. "Herbology is definately not my forte," she said to herself as she followed her classmates around the room giving possible answers.