origin:
Japan, before 1925
PEONIES, The Manual of the American Peony Society, ed. by James Boyd, Copyright 1928 by American Peony Society: Tree Peony Check-list.
Henry & Lee, Japanese Importers, New York, N. Y., 1925.
Nippon-beni. (originated in Japan, 1926.) offered by Henry & Lee 1926. (Presumed to be in commerce, 1927.)
The Chugai Nursery, Yamamoto, Japan, Catalog 1940-1941: Tree peony, Selected Varieties:
Wister (1961):
'Nippon-beni' (Rose of Japan)
