Per the 1928 Lee R. Bonnewitz Iris and Peony catalog of Van Wert, Ohio:
MILTON HILL (Richardson). (Red stemmed variety.) Unfortuna...Read Moretely, there are two varieties of MILTON HILL, one of them has red stems and dark olive-green leaves, while the other one has green stems and lighter green leaves. Both varieties are excellent, but one of them should be distinguished by some such term as "red stem, dark green leaves" and the other by "light green stem, light green leaves". It blooms late in the season, and the only other varieties giving satisfactory bloom at that late date are GALATHEE, LUCY E. HOLLIS and LOVELINESS, but the red stemmes MILTON HILL is far more prolific of bloom than either GALATHEE or LOVELINESS. We do not hesitate to recommend the red stemmed MILTON HILL as well as that other extra late variety, LUCY E. HOLLIS, to landscape architects who want varieties which will provide artistic effect in their customers' gardens at the extreme end of the season. Both of these varieties are pink, LUCY E. HOLLIS having the deeper color tone of the two, and we unhesitatingly recommend both of them for cut bloom and for landscape effect. $3.50
Per the APS website:
MILTON HILL (Richardson, 1891) - Double - Pink - Late. Medium height. Fresh but faint fragrance. Large. Very light shell-pink of luminous quality with a few red blotches on central petals. Floriferous; strong stems. Foliage excellent.
Per the 1928 Lee R. Bonnewitz Iris and Peony catalog of Van Wert, Ohio:
MILTON HILL (Richardson). (Red stemmed variety.) Unfortuna...Read More