Re: REF: How many Irises?
- Subject: Re: REF: How many Irises?
- From: J* a* C* W*
- Date: Thu, 12 Nov 1998 22:00:26 -0700
From: "Jeff and Carolyn Walters" <cwalters@digitalpla.net>
Anner writes:
> I appreciate that in both contexts we are probably talking rough figures
> intuitively derived rather than actual counts, but does anyone out there
> happen to know how many named varieties of irises --not just extant named
> irises-- might be in the picture as we approach the end of 1998?
Anner,
Using statistically valid sampling techniques, I have derived an estimate
of a total of 50,817 iris names recorded as we approach the end of 1998. Of
course, I could be off by one or two either way (-: (It depends on how
close we are assumed to aproach the end of the year, you understand). Fifty
thousand will do for a round figure, which implies that an estimate of
50,000 historics is too high and 40,000 total recorded named irises (not
"registrations") is too low.
Jeff Walters in northern Utah (USDA Zone 4, Sunset Zone 2)
cwalters@digitalpla.net
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