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,
When No One Remembers His Name, Does God Retire? When No One Remembers His Name, Does God Retire? "When No One Remembers His Name, Does God Retire?" is a science fiction short story by American writer Orson Scott Card. It only appears in his short story collection "Capitol". As a boy Garol Stipock was a member of the Church of the Undying Voice. One of the main beliefs of this church was that the use of the fictional drug Somec was evil. Shortly after Garol’s great grandfather died the small church broke up. Garol then went to school and as he grew older he decided that God did not