[Sansevierias] Orangerie

Not exactly a garden Orangerie...

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The Orangerie; - or - the Dutch Cupid reposing after the fatigues of 
Planting  James Gillray, 1756-1815, engraver, Published by Hannah 
Humphrey, London, 1796

This British cartoon seems to be a commentary about William V, Prince 
of Orange, 1748-1806, who began to rule in 1766. The position of the 
Dutch during the American Revolution was one of neutrality; however, 
William V actually lead the pro-British faction within the 
government.  The French, led by General Charles Pichegru, ended 
William's reign in January 1795, when they invaded the 
Netherlands.  In 1795, William V fled the Netherlands for the safety 
of England.  James Gillray (British artist & engraver, 1756-1815) 
caricatured William's reported dalliances during his English exile, 
depicting him as an indolent Cupid with bags of money, surrounded by 
pregnant lovers. Here William V, Prince of Orange, sleeps reclining 
on a platform of grass & flowers while leaning on a bag of money 
marked 24,000,000 ducats. In the foreground are a number of orange 
plants in pots with each orange bearing something of a genetic 
likeness of the prince. In the background are many seriously pregnant 
women, about to deliver their little orange plants,  including a 
milkmaid, a fishmonger, a house maid, & several farm women.