Books reviewed in this article: Sulfur Nutrition and Assimilation in Higher Plants. Ed. by L. J. De Kok, J. Stulen, H. Rennenberg, C. Brunold & W. E. Rauser. Seed Germination in Desert Plants. By Y. Gutterman. Origin of Land Plants. By Linda E. Graham. Pleistocene Environments in the British Isles. By R. L. Jones & D. H. Keen.