To Terence Featherstone
The Most Honorable and Esteemed Terence Featherstone
Continental Occident Company
Wickham House
Grace Park
Dear Sir,
I am pleased to report to you the unalloyed success of my mission to retrieve the "summer blossoms" of Tsang Valley. All five specimens have survived their transport with their beauty and health fully retained owing to the vigorous efforts on my part to maintain them thus.
A note to their new caretakers. These flowers require special handling to retain their vigor. Just as a healthy hedge must be pruned regularly, these too require some care that might seem unorthodox at first. I trust that their caretakers will find this task pleasurable rather than onerous.
Their petals require spreading or they will not come to full blossom. I recommend this at least once a day to ensure their sap runs clear.
At least once a week they also must be fertilized.
Your servant,
Robert Meriweather