This essay aims to reappraise Agnes Arber's contribution to the history of science with reference to her work in the history of botany and biology. Both her first and her last books (Herbals, 1912; The Mind and the Eye, 1954) are classics: the former in the history of botany, the latter in that of biology. As such, they are still cited today, albeit with increasing criticism. Her very last book was rejected by Cambridge University Press because it did not meet the publisher's academic standards - we shall return to it in due course. Despite Kathryn Packer's two essays about Arber's life in context, much remains to be done toward a just appreciation of her research. We need such a reappraisal in order to avoid anachronistic criticisms of her contributions to the historiography of botany, or, on the other hand, uncritical applause for her studies in plant morphology.

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Agnes Arber，植物学历史学家和达尔文怀疑论者

本文旨在参考艾格尼丝·阿伯在植物学和生物学史上的工作，重新评价她对科学史的贡献。她的第一本书和最后一本书（Herbals，1912；The Mind and the Eye，1954）都是经典：前者是植物学史上的经典，后者是生物学史上的经典。因此，它们今天仍然被引用，尽管受到越来越多的批评。她的最后一本书被剑桥大学出版社拒绝，因为它不符合出版商的学术标准——我们将在适当的时候返回。尽管凯瑟琳·帕克 (Kathryn Packer) 撰写了两篇关于阿伯 (Arber) 生活的文章，但要公正地评价她的研究，还有很多工作要做。我们需要这样的重新评估，以避免对她对植物学史学的贡献进行不合时宜的批评，或者，另一方面，