Greenwild

Artemis sends messages to the Botanists in South America, urging them to search more diligently for their missing peers. Later, Daisy and Hal work on the secret garden, while Indigo and the Prof prepare for a Bloomquist entrance exam. Daisy is disappointed to learn that she is also obliged to take the entrance exam, despite her certainty that she will fail.

The Prof wonders whether the Bureau’s failure to investigate the missing Botanists’ disappearances is somehow tied to Craven. The children eavesdrop on a council meeting to find answers and overhear Artemis voice her suspicions that the Bureau is corrupt.

The morning of the Bloomquist test arrives. The Prof and Indigo both pass the first test, which involves using magic to tie a vine into a knot. However, Daisy is unable to control her vine at all. The Prof also triumphs over a dangerous hydra plant. When Ivy mocks Daisy for being an “unlawful immigrant” in the Greenwild, given her apparent lack of magic, the Prof attacks Ivy, and the two go both tumbling into the hydra plant’s zone of attack.