Book  (Jun 1992)  Page(s) 147.  
 
Thomas Mills Hybrid Perpetual. E. Verdier. 1872. The author cites information from different sources... Bright crimson... bright rosy-carmine, with whitish stripes...

Book  (1936)  Page(s) 480.  
 
Mills, Thomas (HP) E. Verdier 1873; vivid cherry-carmine-pink, edges whitish, very large, double, cup form, imbricated, growth 7/10, upright, robust. Sangerhausen

Book  (1910)  Page(s) 192, 295.  
 
Thomas Mills among the best roses of 1873... Hybrid Perpetual... flowers bright crimson, large and double.

Magazine  (Jun 1902)  Page(s) 85.  
 
NÉCROLOGIE - EUGÈNE VERDIER
Rosiers Mis au Commerce par Eugène Verdier.
Thomas Mills: Hybride Remontant, 1873.

Book  (1902)  Page(s) 127.  
 
Hybrides Remontants. Groupe E. — Général Jacqueminot
Les rosiers formant ce groupe, le plus important de tous, sont des arbustes de végétation vigoureuse, très florifères et portant beaucoup à fruit. Rameaux allongés, généralement gris; aiguillons nombreux, crochus; feuillage vert foncé, folioles ovales; floraison le plus souvent en corymbe; fleur forme en coupe ou chiffonnée, frisée, quelquefois globuleuse, coloris du rouge clair au pourpre noirâtre; fruits abondants, de forme plutôt arrondie.
4162. Thomas Mills... (E. Verdier 1873)... cerise.

Book  (1899)  Page(s) 171.  
 
Thomas Mills, HR, E. Verdier, 1873, cerise liséré

Book  (1895)  Page(s) 111.  
 
Thomas Mills, carmine-pink

Website/Catalog  (1894)  Page(s) 180.  
 
Hybrid Perpetual Roses. 
Thomas Mills. Beautiful scarlet crimson; large, full, and good form; a very effective variety.

Magazine  (24 Dec 1892)  Page(s) 554.  
 
TOO-MUCH-ALIKE ROSES
R.
There are also many Roses that as a general rule are quite distinct, but from which it is often possible to cut blooms that would puzzle anyone to decide as to which variety they really belonged. Thomas Mills and General Jacqueminot may be given as examples. Ordinarily these two varieties are very distinct, but one may often select a deep-coloured Thomas Mills that would seem identical with a pale or light-coloured General Jacqueminot. Yet as a general rule they are quite different, General Jacqueminot having a deep velvety shade and most exquisite scent, neither of which is found in Thomas Mills. General Jacqueminot also flowers far more freely than Thomas Mills, and is in every way far superior to it.
 

Book  (1892)  Page(s) 304.  
 
1031. Thomas Mills, vigorous or free, Hybrid Remontant. E. Verdier, 1873. Rosy-crimson, very large, double; a good garden variety.