Yet another identical folded envelope containing an identical carefully trimmed piece of parchment, resolutrly set in Ellis' mailbox at a perfectly normal hour of the day—

Mister Ellis,

Happily, all of that work is to be completed here in the Gallows, so your management of the plants will have no effect whatsoever on the survey or its associated research. You are welcome to do as you like whenever you like.

Regards,
W.A. Poppell