 Around this time, he also developed an interest in botany and attended many scientific conferences in Europe.In 1903, Blatter moved to India and was appointed Professor of Botany at St Xavier's College Bombay.The following year, he joined the Bombay Natural History Society (BNHS) and began to contribute articles, the first of which was "The Fauna and Flora of Our Metallic Money," an article which (somewhat humorously) catalogued the microorganisms commonly found on various coins in India.