French horticulturalist (1740–1806).
Jacques Philippe Martin Cels (June 15, 1740 – May 15, 1806) was a French botanist specializing in horticulture. Cels was born in Versailles. He was a duty collector at the gates of Paris. Ruined when the French Revolution abolished his position, he started a botanical garden in which he cultivated foreign plants for sale, contributing to the growing public appetite for exotic flowers. He received and acclimatized numerous North American plants brought back by André Michaux and Louis-Augustin Bosc d'Antic. He strove to introduce many exotic species into France. He was made a member of the rural