Usa Believed Extinct

Hamamatsu, 1825, Setsuyō Kikan; Chinka Zufu, (before 1700), Watanabe, 1969, pl.71: Large, deep red, double peony form with an outer row of numerous, small petals, a cen­tre of 4 or 5 erect rabbit eared petals, surrounded by a mass of orange and red petaloids. Origi­nated in Japan. Usa refers to ‘Usa Shrine’ and is an old name for a City in Fuku’oka Prefecture. See: Kyōto Engei Kurabu, 1963, Tsubaki Tokushū, No.4, p.95. (Believed extinct.)