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.
Opium was used since ancient times to induce sleep. It was found in Egyptian tombs, Romans used it to heal love wounds and also for witchcraft and ancient Greeks believed it to bring health and strength. It was also used in Mesopotamia where the Sumerians and Assyrians knew it as the âjoy plantâ, and more recently burnt in the form of Opium Incense sticks. Taken from poppy seeds, opium is known for its narcotic content. The top notes emanated are very intense and warm, more spicy than floral.