The entrance to the underground study was behind a thicket of Yesterday-Today-and-Tomorrow in Greenhouse One. It was merely a simple movable wooden panel, covered with a layer of dirt and otherwise uncamouflaged, making it relatively easy to find.
Beside the Yesterday-Today-and-Tomorrow stood a cluster of Dragon Blood Trees. Calling them trees was not quite accurate, since they were essentially Agave, though they looked like arbor trees.
Native to Morocco, their dark green leaves had red tips and secreted a milky white sap. It was extremely pungent, and getting it directly on one's skin caused a burning pain. After all, it was not real dragon's blood; brewed into a potion and drunk, it produced a sensation similar to tequila.
Like Yesterday-Today-and-Tomorrow, it loved sunlight, which was why they had been placed in the same greenhouse. Though Yesterday-Today-and-Tomorrow preferred humidity and high temperatures, Dragon Blood Trees were more drought-resistant. Their soil requirements were the same: fertile, loose earth was best.
Another drought-tolerant succulent, Campfire, grew in Africa's high mountains. The greater the difference between day and night temperatures, the brighter red it became. It loved sunlight but preferred low temperatures, dryness, and poor soil. It was planted alongside Smoke Trees; not every cactus had to stay together.
Perhaps because she was genuinely worried that Hogwarts food would ruin her figure, Fleur Delacour had begun morning exercises at the Black Lake after Viktor Krum. Unlike him, she did not run along the shore. She wore a swimsuit and jumped into the lake to swim, and from then on, more boys began getting up early in the morning.
She would arrive at the lakeshore in a silver satin morning robe, which slid down her smooth skin as effortlessly as mercury and pooled at her feet. Then she would lift one foot and slap the