4th years - Lesson 2 [B. Bulbs/F. Bush]

[Timothy Linn]

It was early in the morning, precisely eight, when Timothy headed down to the greenhouse. He unlocked and opened the door to let in the fresh morning air into the classroom. Today should be a fun day for his fourth years. He would expect them to arrive before eight-twenty-five so that he could begin class. During this time, he wrote today's lesson on the board, two plants they would be going over.

Right after, he wiped his hands on his trousers, and went into the back to retrieve a box full of velvet that had the bulbs inside, laying untouched and peaceful. Setting the box on his desk, he then leaned against the front table, looking at the empty classroom, and waiting for the fourth years to appear.

[[OOC: You have 24 hours to arrive.]]

[Jade "Lizzy" Silvernacle]

Lizzy headed towards the green houses. She was about to find out how different Professor Linn's classes were compared to Ms.Kohn's. When she entered the greenhouse she found she was the first one there. Smiling she took a seat in the middle, and looked up at the professor. "Morning." she said before pulling out parchment, ink, and a quill so she was ready to take notes.

As she sat there she decided to head her parchment for notes.

Bouncing Bulbs

And half way down the page she put the second plant

Flutterby Bush

Happy with how it looked she leaned back and waited for class to start.

[Kali Rune]

The Slytherin looked around the greenhouse. It was almost empty. There were only two people there in class and she was glad that she had at least arrived early. Taking a seat at the back, she took out her quill and parchtment.

The Slytherin looked up. "Hey Jade. What's up?" she asked her. Kali looked at the board. Bouncing Bulbs and Flutterby Bush. She had no clue what they are but from the names that they have, there should be a clue on what they are. A bush and a bulb?

[invisible729]

Violet stepped into the classroom and sat down on a seat before she took a look around the nearly empty classroom. She saw Kali, Jade and the Profossor. Besides those people, there was no one else in sight. Violet waved at the two of them, a greeting saying 'hello'.

[ashanti]

Ashanti had just finished up, her other class.Now she was on her way to her, next one. Herbology.As she walked down the hall, Ashanti hoped that she would, be on time to class.When Ashanti reached the greenhouse door, she opened it.She saw that the, class hasn't started yet.She sighed for she was on time.When Ashanti looked around, she was surprised to see only three other students there.Was she too early?Maybe.
So Ashanti looked for a place to sit.She saw one open by the window, and then she wrote down the two plant they were going to learn.

[Timothy Linn]

Fresh new faces entered his greenhouse, mainly all females he noticed, but he had rather hoped more would show up in the duration of the lesson. It felt about the right time to begin the class, so he marked the girls' attendance and turned to face them all. "Good morning students! I don't believe most of you would remember me since my promotion last term, but I'm Timothy Linn, or professor to you all.

"Well whatever title fits best. Mr. Linn, Professor Linn, or just Tim." He chuckles. "Anyway, we're here to learn about Bouncing Bulbs and Flutterby Bush. Almost harmful, but the two are rather unique. So we'll begin with Bouncing Bulbs." Timothy reached into the box and took out a bulb from it's velvet surrounding, holding it firmly in his hand.

"Bouncing bulbs are named because of the rapid and occasionally hazardous bouncing they will engage in if not transplanted in a timely fashion. Do not worry though, these are fresh, just collected them this morning." He smiled as he then went around to the four girls and handed them a bouncing bulb. "They are indigenous in Iceland and the southern tip of Greenland, and they will grow into a nice small flower."

[Jade "Lizzy" Silvernacle]

Lizzy was about to reply to Kali, but the class was starting so she turned towards the professor and listened intently. Taking the bouncing bulb in her right hand and holding it firmly she wrote down notes according to what was being said under her heading of bouncing bulbs.

~Named because of the rapid and occasional hazardous bouncing they engage in if not transplanted in a timely fashion
~Indigenous in Iceland and the southern tip of Greenland
~will grow into a nice small flower[/size]

Sitting back happy with her notes she examined the bulb she recieved a bit more closely.

[marshallc]

As the fourth year Gryffindor sped across the grounds of Hogwarts towards the greenhouse, stumbling over broken shoelaces and tree stumps, only four letters, letters forming a single word, raced through his mind.

L
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"I'm so sorry Mr Linn" Carl apologized to his teacher, hating himself for oversleeping once again. Herbology was his favorite, absolute favorite class, he had only been late once before, because of a snowball fight with younger years. Smiling shyly at the four ladies already sitting there, Carl took a seat in the back and quickly wrote down the notes on the bouncing bulb.

_Boun_cing Bulb

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• Named so because of rapid and hazardous bouncing, if not transplanted in time
  
• Found in Iceland and southern tip of Greenland
  
• Grow into small flower

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[Professor Brayden W. Channing]

Unless this Professor Timothy Linn is worse than Kohn, I think Herbology will be alright today, Brayden thought. He didn't mind Ms. Kohn. But, he didn't learn much from her class. The students, including him, seemed to be more focused on keeping their mouths shut rather than asking questions to learn more. Not so good.

Brayden walked into the greenhouse. His watch read 8:27. Great, he was a bit late. Hopefully Professor Linn wasn't too tough on him. "Sorry, Sir." He muttered, before taking a seat.

[Timothy Linn]

More students arrived to his class, which was a better improvement for his fourth years. "That's alright." He told the later comers as they settled themselves in and copied down the current notes on the board. "Now regardless, they are a loathed addition to any garden for the simple reason that they become extremely restless when they mature.

"If the bulbs are not transplanted within fourty-eight hours of maturity, they become bored and start bouncing slowly at first, then violently. They will bounce themselves right out of the ground and all over the surrounding garden, destroying it." While he students jotted down these facts he came around to collect the bulbs from each student very carefully.

Back to the front, he set the padded box of bouncing bulbs ontop his desk and sat down. "They are a nasty piece of work if we potted them before maturity though. One can wriggle free from your grasp, and well.. you'll have a nasty bump somewhere on your face. Anyway, some herbologists believe the bouncing was evolved to tenderize the hard froze ground in their home climate for easier transplanting. Others have claimed the bulbs simply cannot stand to be near each other."

[ashanti]

Ashanti was listening to the lesson. what the Professor, was saying about the lesson.When the Professor passed out a bulb to each person, she took hers and studied it.A funny looking thing to her, really.After she examined the bulb she had,Ashanti then started writing down some notes about this bouncing bulb.


Bouncing Bulbs

• Named because of the rapid and occasional hazardous
  bouncing they engage in if not transplanted in a timely fashion.
  
  
• Could be Found in Iceland and the southern tip of Greenland.
  
  
• Will Grow into a nice small flower.

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Once Ashanti was done writing down her notes, she then looked up at the board , then at the Professor.She listened to see what, the Professor would tell the , class to do next.Ashanti closed more closely to the lesson.[/color]

[Timothy Linn]

As the students finished up their notes, Timothy wiped the board clean and wrote down their second part of today's lesson. "Alright that is all on Bouncing Bulbs. Next, we'll be learning about Flutterby Bush. They are found all over the world and are quite popular as yard decorations in wizard yards. They get their name from the unusual reaction they have when a person, magical or muggle, passes near them."

For demonstration, Timothy stood up and fluttered his arms as if the wind picked up in his classroom. He grinned, embarrassingly, and sat back down. "Ahem, if someone walks by within two feet of the bush, it shakes like a strong wind is blowing. This is known as 'fluttering'; so the bush flutters when someone goes by it, thus flutterby bush.

It is not known why exactly the bush does this fluttering. The prevailing, although still unproven theory is that an insect, such as hornets, wasps, or flying ants would be enticed to live in the bush. This would mean that when the bush felt threatened by something approaching it, all it had to do was flutter, which would enrage the insects who would swarm out and attack the offender!" He smiled briefly.

Timothy watched as the students hurriedly recorded his lecture. Looking at the time, the class was almost over. "Since every wizard gardener knows to cast anti-insect jinxes on his or her plants, it has been impossible to locate a natural occurence of this theory to use a proof. The one known example was demonstrated by a herbologist named Joseph Linclair.

"His experiment was considered highly circumstantial because he conjured a paper wasp nest, threw it into his bush, and then tried to claim the swarming wasps were proof of the theory." He shrugged his shoulders. "Anyway, before I let you go, there is one last bit of information. The bushes are also quite popular as early warning systems. All a wizard has to do is hand muggle bells or wind chimes on his or her bushes, and he or she hears a warning when anyone approaches. No homework, you're all dismissed!"