Often overlooked by historians, specialist gardeners with an expert understanding of both native and exotic plant material were central to the teaching and research activities of university botanic gardens. In this article various interrelationships in the late Georgian period will be examined: between the gardener, the garden, the botanic collection, the medical school and ways of knowing. Foregrounding gardeners' narratives will shed light on the ways in which botanic material was gathered and utilized for teaching and research purposes, particularly for medical students, as well as highlighting the importance of the garden as a repository of botanic material for the classroom. In this way, the blurred lines between art and science, skill and scholarly activity, and shared pedagogic practices between botany and anatomy will be revealed.

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“需要一个合适的加德纳”：已故的格鲁吉亚苏格兰植物园丁作为医学和科学知识的中介

对本地和外来植物材料有专业了解的专业园丁经常被历史学家忽视，是大学植物园教学和研究活动的核心。在本文中，将考察格鲁吉亚晚期的各种相互关系：园丁、花园、植物收藏、医学院和认识方式之间的关系。前景园丁的叙述将阐明收集植物材料并将其用于教学和研究目的的方式，特别是对医学生而言，并强调花园作为课堂植物材料储存库的重要性。通过这种方式，艺术与科学、技能与学术活动之间的模糊界限以及植物学与解剖学之间的共享教学实践将被揭示。