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.
The ancient Egyptians developed the art of counting to a high degree, but their system of numeration was very crude. For example, the number 1,000 was symbolized by a picture of a lotus flower, and the number 2,000 was symbolized by a picture of two lotus flowers growing out of a bush.