Book  (1985)  Page(s) 134.  
 
Peon was introduced in Europe in 1935... Parentage was most likely 'Rouletii' x 'Gloria Mundi'... it was introduced in the United States by the Conard-Pyle Co in 1936, under the name 'Tom Thumb'...

Book  (1978)  Page(s) 135.  
 
'Peon'  Shortest   Red Remontant     P1    H1 
The  next stage in the resurrection of Miniatures took place in Holland, where John de Vink had a  nursery in that fascinating Mecca of the nursery world, Boskoop; a small town which  contains something like seven hundred nurseries, most of them only thirty-four metres wide, with a canal each side of them.'Peon' was bred from Rouletii' x 'Gloria Mundi' , and was a small plant with red flowers, the centre being white. Now it is one thing to raise a rose, and another thing to sell it; and we must not use the word sell to imply greedy commercialism, because selling is a two-way act. It makes available to the public an article they want, and of which  they would  have  known nothing but for  the salesman. In this case, the salesman who taught  the world to grow Miniatures  was Robert Pyle of the Conard-Pyle  Co. in Pennsylvania. His first act was to change the name from 'Peon' to 'Tom Thumb', his second was to introduce it in the United States in 1936, and his third to follow it up with plenty more Miniatures, preferably with nursery rhyme names. 

Website/Catalog  (1970)  Page(s) back cover.  Includes photo(s).
 
PEON, la pièce 5 F ; les dix 47 F

Book  (1964)  Page(s) 147.  
 
Clifford T. Wilson, Canada. Miniature Roses at Our Rose Shows.
The word "miniature'" to define a class of roses came into use about 1940 with the introduction of 'Peon' (Com. syn 'Tom Thumb'), 'Pixie' and 'Midget' by Robert Pyle through the Conard-Pyle Company. Previously this group was known as "fairy roses." Dr. Lawrence in an authentic article published in the 1953 American Rose Annual, makes clear the two provisions which are necessary to conform to the class. They are dwarf plants and they are also hybrids of Rosa chinensis minima. To be a good miniature rose the plant must be proportionately reduced in all its parts, stature, stem, foliage and bloom, but first of all it must be a hybrid of R. chinensis minima. It must have the blood of 'Pompon de Paris' or of 'Roulettii' coursing through its veins.

Book  (1962)  Page(s) 15.  
 
Roy and Heather Rumsey, NSW:  
'Thumbelina' ....similar to 'Peon'

Website/Catalog  (1961)  Page(s) 23.  
 
Rosiers Miniatures .... PEON (de Wink 1936). Rouge vif centre blanc, très nain.

Website/Catalog  (1958)  Page(s) 33.  
 
Fairy or Miniature Roses. Peon Single. Crimson, white eye. Very dwarf. 

Website/Catalog  (1955)  Page(s) 26.  
 
PEON. Rouge vif centre blanc très nain. 

Magazine  (Feb 1944)  Page(s) 15.  
 
La variété de rosier miniature « Rosa Rouletti », rose très frais, et sa variété rouge « Péon » sont toujours multipliées par quelques rosiéristes, ils sont plantes en bordure, dans les rocailles et cultivés en petits pots pour être vendus par les fleuristes.  ...R. CHENAULT, Clos fleuri, Orléans

Magazine  (Apr 1936)  Page(s) 41.  
 
[From "Une Visite chez Les Rosiéristes Américains" by Francis Meilland, pp. 33-47]
Ne partons pas d'ici sans avoir mentionne le nouveau Rosa Rouletti rouge Tom Thumb (Tom Pouce). On en a poussé à fond la multiplication, et il occupe déjà une grande surface malgré sa petite taille. 10.000 plantes en pots assureront la vente de printemps de ce minuscule rosier à rocaille.