Smith even shops for coffee plant seedlings at the botanical garden in the capital of German East Africa, Dar es Salaam. Major von Bishop burns Smith's sisal and linseed plantation in the opening campaign of the Great War, and then dismantles the massive decorticator, the industrial centrepiece of Smith's sisal farm operations.
Smith even visits a botanical garden in Dar es Salaam to buy coffee plant seedlings. Major von Bishop destroys Smith's sisal and linseed plantation during the early stages of World War I, and then dismantles the massive decorticator, which was the mainstay of Smith's sisal farm.