Anagallis arvensis two flowers mentioned in the Tirukkural. "The Scarlet Pimpernel" is the alias of Sir Percy Blakeney in the novel of the same name by Baroness Emma Orczy. Anagallis arvensis Scarlet pimpernel, commonly known as blue-scarlet pimpernel, red pimpernel, red chickweed, poorman's barometer, poor man's weather-glass, shepherd's weather glass or shepherd's clock, is a low-growing annual plant. The native range of the species is Europe and Western Asia and North Africa. The species has been distributed widely by humans, either deliberately as an ornamental flower or accidentally. "A. arvensis" is now naturalised almost worldwide, with a range that encompasses the Americas,
By the Gods Beloved their way back to England where, years later, their adventures in Kamt all start to seem like a dream. But in a small gold casket with a glass lid Hugh keeps in front of him a dried sprig of rosemary. By the Gods Beloved By The Gods Beloved, first published in the UK in 1905, was released under the title The Gates of Kamt in the US. The novel is in the tradition of Rider Haggard's 1887 "She", and concerns a lost race of ancient Egyptians. In her autobiography, "Links in the Chains of Life", Baroness Orczy comments: ""The book