Direct Stock Purchase and Dividend Reinvestment Program. American Stock Transfer, Microsoft's transfer agent, administers a DSPP and DRIP for the company. View the programs online by going to AST's Web site.
May help relieve muscle spasms. For some, it may act as an aphrodisiac. Egyptian Blue Lotus is a sedative, antispasmodic, and ethnogen. COMMON NAMES: Blue Lotus, Egyptian Lotus, Blue Water Lily, Sacred Narcotic Lily of the Nile It is Nymphaea caerulea (blue lotus) which was used in ancient Egypt as a key to good health, sex, and rebirth. CULTIVATION: Nymphaea caerulea flowers in the spring should be planted in sunny positions in medium or clay loam.
In mythology, the lotus was the first plant to rise out of the primordial waters and, at the same time, it also appeared out of the light, like the sun at dawn. The lotus flower disappearing in the water at dusk and rising out of it in full glory in the morning became a symbol of rebirth.